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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, for example, ensures that vested employee benefits aren’t adversely impacted because of an M&A transaction.
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Rick Calabrese, Esq., Cpa, Co-Founder Of Advisory Firm Commonwealth M&a, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
And those doubts could adversely impact player retention and acquisition.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2025
Trump also implemented policies or took positions that adversely affected the LGBTQ community in his first term.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
For women, especially, working could, therefore, be dangerous for them physically and could lead to the deterioration of their health: a result that could adversely affect their roles as mothers and their subsequent responsibility to raise future generations, especially boys.
—Eva Epker, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Rick Calabrese, Esq., Cpa, Co-Founder Of Advisory Firm Commonwealth M&a, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
And those doubts could adversely impact player retention and acquisition.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2025
Trump also implemented policies or took positions that adversely affected the LGBTQ community in his first term.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
For women, especially, working could, therefore, be dangerous for them physically and could lead to the deterioration of their health: a result that could adversely affect their roles as mothers and their subsequent responsibility to raise future generations, especially boys.
—Eva Epker, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Adversely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adversely. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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