affording

present participle of afford

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of affording There is power in affording others the human dignity that all of God’s children deserve. Russell M. Nelson, Time, 5 Sep. 2025 For her latest film, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has sourced the entire call and treated it with respect, horror, and grief, affording it space to play out in in full without attempts to visualize, animate, or reconstruct what is happening on the ground for Hind. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025 Others point to their age and disposable income level affording them the energy and funds to globetrot. Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 The gravitational pull of the Premier League, the only place outside the Saudi Pro League capable of affording Donnarumma, is laid bare in the spending gap this summer. James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025 Campaigns describe a person’s struggle, such as affording medical care. Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025 The Carriers also argue that the Commission misinterpreted the Communications Act, miscalculated the penalties, and violated the Seventh Amendment by not affording them a jury trial. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025 As Law noted, Campbell likely will be given a long leash, potentially affording him extra time to accumulate baseball-card stats that factor into ROY voting. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025 Rather, this law precluded state and local governments from instituting their own more damning labels, while affording the tobacco industry protection against future litigation. Simar Bajaj / Made By History, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affording
Verb
  • In the memoir, Sheen blames this same testosterone cream for feeding his state of mind going into that encounter.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Pictures of Bambi going about her day with a microphone on her collar.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After the game, Witt was getting treatment and a further evaluation.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • To give so many deaf people the opportunity to work on a high-end TV drama was a really cool side bonus to getting Reunion made – not to mention the dozens of fantastic deaf actors who came in to play various roles in the show.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Affording.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affording. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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