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Meanings of have an affinity in English

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Usage of have an affinity in English
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Because tree ferns - like ducks - have an affinity for moisture.
The Irish Times
2
They seem to have an affinity for the fat ones, you see.
Mech
3
Flickr purists have an affinity for protesting any changes related to the site.
Wired
4
I have an affinity with it and find it calms me no end.
The Irish Times
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Fairies have an affinity for minerals, they are of the earth.
Artemis Fowl
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These particular diamonds appear to have an affinity for water.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
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EBONY: You're not Jamaican, yet you have an affinity and respect for the culture.
Ebony
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You have an affinity with Sister Ann in the tower.
The Morgesons: A Novel
9
At the beginning, company founders tend to hire people they have an affinity with.
BBC
10
Yankees and whiskey apparently have an affinity for one another.
Ride Proud, Rebel!
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Overseas students tend to choose student cities that they know and have an affinity with.
The South African
12
Squash and apples have an affinity for one another and work beautifully when grilled together.
Mastering the grill: the owner's manual for outdoor cooking
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Indeed, they have an affinity with earthly things that is lacking in the heaven-born man.
The First Soprano
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Red foxes have an affinity for burned areas too.
Radio NZ
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Indeed, I have observed through life that children and dogs have an affinity for me.
Reminiscences of a Pioneer
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With us a Lady may have an affinity for any number of gentlemen, and vice-versa.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 23, September 3, 1870
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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