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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
Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Aya Adachi, an associate fellow at the Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics and Technology of the German Council on Foreign Relations, noted that global automotive competition is being gradually influenced by China’s rapid growth in electric vehicle production.
—Justina Lee, CNBC, 15 May 2026
That all came after rumors and accusations that the Israeli government had influenced the results of the last two competitions by promoting a mass voting campaign.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
But if that data already influenced model weights, its impact remains.
—Chai Outmezguine, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
The setting also influenced the styling, which introduced a different visual approach.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
The juror said the comments influenced her to find Murdaugh guilty.
—Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 14 May 2026
Archival black-and-white photos tracing the history of sculpture—both works that inspired Brancusi along with those influenced by him—flash on the screen before the music picks back up.
—Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026
Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, from the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy decisions to bond market investors’ expectations for the economy and inflation.
—Alex Veiga, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Verb
Emotional exhaustion can be influenced by structural factors, and decision quality is often associated with these conditions in how information is distributed and processed within a system.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Aya Adachi, an associate fellow at the Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics and Technology of the German Council on Foreign Relations, noted that global automotive competition is being gradually influenced by China’s rapid growth in electric vehicle production.
—Justina Lee, CNBC, 15 May 2026
That all came after rumors and accusations that the Israeli government had influenced the results of the last two competitions by promoting a mass voting campaign.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
But if that data already influenced model weights, its impact remains.
—Chai Outmezguine, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
The setting also influenced the styling, which introduced a different visual approach.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
The juror said the comments influenced her to find Murdaugh guilty.
—Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 14 May 2026
Archival black-and-white photos tracing the history of sculpture—both works that inspired Brancusi along with those influenced by him—flash on the screen before the music picks back up.
—Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026
Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, from the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy decisions to bond market investors’ expectations for the economy and inflation.
—Alex Veiga, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for influenced
Adjective
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As fans stood for the opening run, a sprawling 23-piece backing ensemble — including six band members, eight backing vocalists plus returning Church muse Joanna Cotten, and a mini-orchestra with four horns and four strings — some swayed.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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When betting on a startup’s future potential, Graham is typically more swayed by his impression of its founders than the idea behind their business, the co-founder of startup accelerator Y Combinator wrote in a series of posts on social media platform X on August 10.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.,
CNBC,
18 Aug. 2025
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Only voters whose ballots were sent before May 14 are affected by the error.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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The district is making counselors available to all students and families affected by the tragedy.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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The recovery in achievement rates in the highest poverty districts, the report notes, seems to largely be due to federal relief funds given to state and local governments that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
16 May 2026
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Hershey’s Boardwalk water park, which is set to open May 23, could also be impacted if a strike moves forward.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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No one's really convinced that either the parties have an answer here.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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More than 100 days after Guthrie vanished, authorities have not publicly identified a suspect or announced an arrest, but Nanos says investigators remain convinced the case can still be solved.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Poulin also has been impressed with Kouba’s work in the batter’s box.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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His tenure in Philadelphia has been far from perfect (a 116-130 regular-season record), but team sources say the ownership group has been impressed with the way Nurse galvanized the roster this season.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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The update includes eight new emojis, including an orca, trombone, ballet dancer, landslide and distorted face.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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These programs have imposed tremendous economic costs on Californians through higher energy prices, regulatory compliance burdens and distorted markets.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
Verb
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The man kissed and touched his neck and rubbed his genitals against Gilboa-Dalal.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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There’s a vulnerability to being touched by something, to finding something sexy or scary, and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is filled with a wry but immense compassion for its heroine and her habit of holding up concepts to ward off her own reactions.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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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
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Oracles are by their nature enigmatic, obscure, gnomic, a mode that the aleatory perambulations of the Eureka engine would seem predisposed toward producing, but narrative also has a venerable tradition of being mechanically generated, despite the seeming complexity of plot.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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