have afforded
- present perfect of afford.
Example Sentences
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“I don’t know that they could have afforded any of those things when they were in Cuba,” he tells De Los.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
Mr. Gaines might have afforded his endgame a bit more of the same.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Some 45 years on, her Victorian four-storey house is worth roughly £1m - something Corina, a semi-retired film and TV critic, could never have afforded otherwise.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025
The doctor who drove it could have afforded a new one, but no: The truck had plenty of life left in it.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
Way better than anything Grayson could have afforded.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
