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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
There is no clean rollback for a clinical decision that already influenced care. — Boris Berat, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 The white dwarf is part of a triple star system, and the outer companion stars could have influenced WD 1856 b's orbit. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 July 2026 The high tides are being influenced by an overall swell in the Pacific Ocean that’s being caused by stormy weather in the Southern Hemisphere. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 9 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, 8 July 2026 Hurley said those shifting expectations influenced how Highline expanded its last-mile carrier network. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 July 2026 Discerning exactly how the lunar and solar tides influenced the orbit of LARES-2 was crucial for the best-yet frame-dragging measurement. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 8 July 2026 Jordan Harper, a Los Angeles writer influenced by Ellroy, has published a new novel that far surpasses Ellroy’s latest. — Carolyn Kellogg, The Atlantic, 8 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, 9 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for influenced
  1. swayed
  2. affected
  3. convinced
  4. impacted
  5. distorted
  6. impressed
  7. predisposed
  8. touched
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of swayed
Verb
  • Kirkland said the regulations would have especially affected cities like Bell Gardens and Hawaiian Gardens, where casinos represent nearly 70% of the general fund.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Until April, Calabria had spent 17 years under special administration due to persistent budget deficits, which along with corruption scandals and Mafia infiltration affected health investments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Definition of affected
Adjective
  • In The Caine Mutiny (1954), the paranoid Captain Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) becomes convinced, with no evidence, that someone is stealing strawberries from the freezer.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • Gage, for one, isn’t convinced that consumers care much about semiquincentennial marketing one way or the other, though.
    — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Definition of convinced
Verb
  • The other actor whose presence deeply impacted the production, Nolan reports, is Samantha Morton, mesmerizing as Circe, the goddess who changes Odysseus’ men into swine.
    — Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The foundation helped raise more than $200,000 to pay off school lunch debt for students, gave out turkeys to families during the holidays and provided resources to those impacted by gun violence.
    — Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026
Definition of impacted
Adjective
  • In many cases, Kallis said, the roots of this behavior were planted long before, frequently through trauma, abuse, isolation, addiction or distorted coping mechanisms that were never confronted or healed.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • Letting go of these items leads to regret for the loss of nostalgia and passing on true history for a distorted version.
    — Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
Definition of distorted
Verb
  • Despite only scoring four goals across the three games, including a 0-0 draw against Portugal, the South Americans impressed with their free-flowing style of play and eagerness to get players forward.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • Many of them hoped for more such memorable moments but Wan-Bissaka rarely impressed in his second year at the club.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of impressed
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of predisposed
Verb
  • About 7 in 10 Jewish adults overall identify as Jewish when asked about their religious affiliation, according to the sweeping survey that touched on everything from views on Israel to antisemitism concerns and strains on interpersonal relations.
    — David Crary, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • This results in a claim that is substantially more complete before anyone in the revenue cycle has even touched it.
    — Mike Valli, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of touched

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