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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
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 The rescue facility said surgery and treatment could not repair the damage, which influenced their decision to euthanize the animal. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 This has directly influenced the decision to sharpen GB360’s focus on networks, visibility and opportunity. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 But a statistical relationship alone cannot establish cause and effect, because both could potentially be influenced by another factor. — Yongkang Xue, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026 These findings may ease concerns that have influenced decisions about testosterone therapy for years. — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 For 40 years, the duo has influenced the visual language of contemporary fashion creating images that explore beauty, identity and the human condition via editorial, advertising, portraiture and artistic work. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026 Picture show The Baby-Sitters Club series has influenced generations of readers for four decades. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026 Ruth Steinem had mental health problems, something Steinem has said deeply influenced her. — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 3 Sep. 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
  • The firm also issued a statement saying that over 65,000 of its passengers were affected by the outage.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The government authorized schools in areas affected by volcanic ash to shift temporarily to online learning to reduce students’ exposure to ash.
    — Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of affected
Adjective
  • But, as pre-season unfolded, Glasner became more convinced that James McAtee was capable of filling the void.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • That line has been the floor on every meaningful pullback during this recovery and a close back below it would tell you the buyers are not as convinced.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of convinced
Verb
  • The humidity levels in Austin were among the lowest of any of the other games significantly impacted by the heat, Eachus said, but they were still felt by fans.
    — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Hawaii is still recovering from previous bouts of heavy rain and flooding after Tropical Storm Lala impacted the Big Island last month.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of impacted
Adjective
  • The standard medical terms clinicians rely on may become distorted or polluted.
    — Frank Naeymi-Rad, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • La Nueva Violencia is a smirking, libidinous play for the dance floor, picking up where the distorted guitars of the last record left off and channeling each new riff into sleazy post-punk and electroclash that stick to the body like sweaty velvet.
    — Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of distorted
Verb
  • Additionally, the Hurricanes added freshman Javian Mallory, a former four-star prospect from West Boca who has impressed this fall.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Brighton’s squad was fashioned in his image, and while new head coach Arturo Ruiz impressed during his time at Real Sociedad, getting to grips with a brand new team so close to the season’s beginning screams teething problems.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 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
  • So many people were touched by the attack, and NFL circles were no exception.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Oftentimes, these displays lead to many random rub creations that will never be touched again by that buck, or any other deer.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of touched

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