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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
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 July 2026
Offer availability, placement, and display are determined by the third party and may be influenced by compensation and other factors.
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Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Hurley said those shifting expectations influenced how Highline expanded its last-mile carrier network.
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Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
However, the shift is also influenced by the rise of generative AI, which homogenizes essays, making authentic voices difficult to discern.
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Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
2 July 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.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
Her outreach to Mamdani, one of the country’s highest-profile socialists and a rising star on the Left, is likely to fuel questions about how Harris is positioning herself within a Democratic Party increasingly influenced by progressive activists.
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Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2026
Often, how their bodies are judged are influenced by a definition of femininity based primarily on white bodies.
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Megan Gandy,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
What truly influenced my writing was the ancient Chinese I Ching (Book of Changes).
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Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
Verb
The white dwarf is part of a triple star system, and the outer companion stars could have influenced WD 1856 b's orbit.
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 July 2026
Offer availability, placement, and display are determined by the third party and may be influenced by compensation and other factors.
—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Hurley said those shifting expectations influenced how Highline expanded its last-mile carrier network.
—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
However, the shift is also influenced by the rise of generative AI, which homogenizes essays, making authentic voices difficult to discern.
—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
2 July 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.
—
ABC News,
2 July 2026
Her outreach to Mamdani, one of the country’s highest-profile socialists and a rising star on the Left, is likely to fuel questions about how Harris is positioning herself within a Democratic Party increasingly influenced by progressive activists.
—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2026
Often, how their bodies are judged are influenced by a definition of femininity based primarily on white bodies.
—
Megan Gandy,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
What truly influenced my writing was the ancient Chinese I Ching (Book of Changes).
—
Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for influenced
Adjective
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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.
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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.
Verb
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Funding changes have affected metro Atlanta organizations and communities.
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There are no definitive statistics about how many students are affected by state bans.
Adjective
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But not everyone is so convinced.
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After the birth of their son, Saga (Haarla) becomes convinced there is something profoundly wrong with the child, even as those around her dismiss her fears.
Verb
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Turgeon said new asphalt is about $100 a ton, and it's heavily impacted by the price of oil.
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The pregnant woman went into labor after being pulled from the rubble of the building in the city, which was the worst impacted by the devastating back-to-back earthquakes in the region, according to South American news outlet HCH Televisión Digital.
Adjective
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Through a slurry of distorted guitars and deadpan singing, the album brushes against grief, addiction, and abandonment through a layer of gauzy nonchalance.
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Latvian intelligence argues that Putin is not only looking for ways to pressure NATO countries to back off Ukraine, but may also be receiving distorted assessments from inside his own system — raising the risk that Russia could misjudge Western resolve.
Verb
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While the original impressed us with its ability to enhance product absorption and boost radiance, the new Booster Pro X2 doubles down with stronger output, dual-electrode technology, and seven treatment modes designed to improve everything from dull skin to large pores.
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In our full review, we were impressed by the Ryzen AI Max processor's ability to leverage system RAM as VRAM for high-end graphics performance without a dedicated GPU.
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.
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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.
Verb
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The discussion also touched on the export of Japanese pop culture.
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This sacred ground, where heaven touched the earth ten times.
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