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verb

past tense of influence

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Recent Examples of influenced
Verb
Mortgage rates are influenced by inflation, Federal Reserve policy and bond-market investors’ expectations for the economy, among other factors. Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 His vibrant, psychedelic style was reported to have heavily influenced the Beatles’ 1968 film Yellow Submarine. News Desk, Artforum, 17 Sep. 2026 Tracing her journey from the Bronx to global icon, Lopez blends her most iconic hits with personal storytelling, featuring artists and songs that influenced her, and backed by a full orchestra, vocal ensemble and 16 dancers. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026 The four-time NBA champion also said he was influenced by Golden State Warriors teammate Jimmy Butler and former NBA player Dwyane Wade, who also represent Li-Ning. Jessica Golden,alex Sherman, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026 The relationship between estrogen and cognition is also influenced by factors including age, timing of treatment, hormone formulation and route of administration, Schulman says. Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 16 Sep. 2026 The concert featured both solo sets from Osbourne and a reunion of the original Sabbath lineup for the first time in more than two decades, along with a murderer’s row of performers influenced by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame icon. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026 Her musings on these solitary experiences in nature drew comparisons to Henry David Thoreau, who strongly influenced her work. Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026 That means, in turn, that measuring the clustering of matter can reveal details about the aspects of the universe that influenced that clustering. Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for influenced
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
Verb
  • Mexico's government has called for evacuations in some areas and set up shelters for those affected.
    MEGAN JANETSKY, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The regions expected to be most affected are overwhelmingly in the Global South.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Stagg, however, became convinced the day would be stormy – bringing swell and poor visibility that would spell disaster.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Other tech leaders, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are less convinced that development needs to be intentionally slowed.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Comcast said existing safeguards blocked the fraud attempt and that affected customers' credit and existing services were not impacted.
    Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Another facet of the digital age, artificial intelligence, has also impacted people's in-person social skills.
    Itzel Franco, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The shoegaze sound keeps evolving, as young artists keep hearing themselves in those mega-distorted waves of guitar fuzz.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Hanlen acknowledged the political attention Cunningham has attracted and suggested the public often receives a distorted impression of her.
    Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Those numbers help explain what has impressed McDonald on film.
    Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Another team in the group that has impressed early is Joshua.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
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
Verb
  • The scandal surrounding the former prince Andrew has also touched his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Sep. 2026
  • September is National Suicide Prevention Month, a time to honor the lives lost to suicide, to stand with the families and communities suicide has touched, and to renew our commitment to prevention.
    Courtney Marx, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

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“Influenced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/influenced. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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