Example Sentences

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“The first days at home with a newborn should be focused on the love, connection, and joy of an expanded family, not stress about affording diapers,” Johnson said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

“Affording social safety nets, affording national defense – you’ve got to be a little more competitive,” Dimon said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

However, one could reasonably expect an AI-related positive productivity shock to further lift the nominal equilibrium rate, affording the Fed time to wait out the latest round of supply shocks and inflationary pressure.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The divide where lower income households were priced out of affording EVs is "disappearing", he added.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

So the concrete picture and the abstract linkages of relationships fed each other, each making the other more meaningful and affording my emotions an opportunity to react to them with success and understanding.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright