Example Sentences
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Influences come in from all over—jazz included—and yet its sound is the band’s alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Florida’s claim to being the strangest state goes back much further, said Craig Pittman, a Florida journalist who wrote the book “Oh, Florida! How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024
Influences: Mid-century modernism including Richard Neutra‘s 1946 “Kaufmann House” in Palm Springs, “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” and Hollywood musicals such as “An American in Paris.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024
The study, which began in 2013, has been extended and will continue to track the children as part of the National Institutes of Health's ongoing National Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes initiative.
From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2023
I propose at the present time to speak of the Influences, more or less direct, by which these and kindred evils are encouraged.
From Humanity in the City by Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
