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adjective

as in swayed

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verb

past tense of influence
as in affected
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response the news reports of the devastating flood influenced a great many people to make contributions for food and supplies

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Recent Examples of influenced
Verb
Anderson rose to prominence in the early 1980s with a traditional country sound influenced by artists including Merle Haggard and George Jones. — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Many of the artists Anderson influenced throughout his prolific career took to social media following news of his death. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 How the court has expanded presidential powers Supreme Court rulings have also influenced the scope of presidential power. — Connor Greene, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 Of course, Sandberg is the former COO of Meta who spent more than a decade at the nucleus of Facebook and Instagram, making decisions that influenced how these platforms developed. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 According to a global 2026 DHL Social Commerce Trends report, 63% of shoppers said that offers or discounts seen on social media influenced their future purchases. — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Of those surveyed, 52 percent to 57 percent are most influenced by the size of the discount. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 Tranter revealed that her experience producing The Night Of also influenced her decision to launch a major production studio in Wales, where the Bad Wolf era of Doctor Who was filmed. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026 But that reconfiguration also influenced how Atlan would film scenes. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for influenced
  1. swayed
  2. affected
  3. convinced
  4. impacted
  5. distorted
  6. impressed
  7. predisposed
  8. touched
Adjective
  • One man who isn’t swayed is Japan’s richest investment mogul, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026
  • Most teams, in fact, decided from the start that pitchers were not in the best position and were liable to be too emotionally swayed to be entrusted with ABS challenges.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
Definition of swayed
Verb
  • Tall thunderstorm clouds will be affected by those changing winds and rotate.
    — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Attorneys for New Mexico had sought $35 billion to $40 billion, arguing that the company would only change its ways with a sum that affected its stock price.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of affected
Adjective
  • Tal Liani, an analyst for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, isn’t convinced that will happen.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Analysts are less convinced, saying the initial shipments are modest relative to the global market, while damaged Russian refineries and logistical hurdles raise questions about how quickly the fuel can arrive.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of convinced
Verb
  • The suit calls not merely for reinstatement of access that has already been impacted, but for a broad injunction that would protect from retaliation every news outlet that covers the White House -- now, and in the future.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But the fact that Ammann’s platelet count, like Lanitis’s and Hawrylak’s, had been impacted after the alpha-lipoic- acid infusion suggested that Ammann, too, might have had an adverse response.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of impacted
Adjective
  • Co-produced by John Congleton, the record swaps synth-pop for gutter-punk, with distorted guitars and clattering surf riffs as its weapons of choice.
    — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Obviously, a child who recently suffered a serious head trauma is far from a reliable narrator, and in the premiere, Paley leans into the subjectivity with distorted sound and imagery.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of distorted
Verb
  • West Virginia transfer forward DJ Thomas, an Allen alum, has impressed through the offseason and gives TCU a viable backup for Edmonds.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
  • James was impressed by the rising generation of perfumers’ work ethic, remarkable ideas and ability to storytell.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of impressed
Adjective
  • Some people are more predisposed to being in a state of sustained levels of stress, such as individuals with neurodivergent brains – who also often also have sleep disorders.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Last year, 30 percent of lefties were pronator-biased (and therefore more predisposed to throwing a good non-splitter changeup) versus 26 percent of righties.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Definition of predisposed
Verb
  • In November 2005, church volunteer Scott Preston Moore entered sleeping quarters at night and inappropriately touched two teenage boys.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In the end, imagination was the through line to everything Fayet touched.
    — Julie Coe, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of touched

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