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verb

present participle of influence

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Recent Examples of influencing
Noun
Suleiman Sami’s business, S Sami Services LLC, provides transportation services, event ticket sales and social media influencing. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2026 When students graduate, they'll be prepared for roles in content strategy, digital influencing, brand development, social media management and audience engagement across industries. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026 Nicolas Matthew Scelfo of Brooklyn, New York, faces up to 10 years in prison after being charged with influencing, impeding, and retaliating against a federal officer by threat. — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 10 June 2026 Seven states have now passed legislation to regulate family influencing, but these laws mostly just ensure that parents set aside a percentage of earnings to compensate their children. — Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026 Once dismissed as a side hustle or vanity career, social media influencing has rapidly evolved into one of the most lucrative—and measurable—jobs in the modern economy. — Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 We are faced with a next generation of AI-enabled influencing that is readily undertaken on a massive scale. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 Careers involving children, healing, cooking, interior design, real estate, food content, wellness, and lifestyle influencing thrive. — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025 Since then, her career has expanded far beyond the brand, evolving into styling, influencing, and creative direction. — Mecca Pryor, Essence, 22 Dec. 2025
Verb
And so there are friends who are hustling, pivoting to influencing in an effort to get money, to try to figure out how to capitalize on this moment. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Leo has an intense four days in France, where the Catholic Church has lost ground on influencing ethical issues given the strict approach to secularism that is enshrined in the French Constitution. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Changes in that benchmark rate ripple through other short-term borrowing costs across the economy, influencing everything from bank funding costs to credit card rates. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 The seed may have been employed as a painkiller or as a social and cultural practice still influencing its modern use. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026 Having credited her own mother for influencing her parenting style, Crawford also expressed her own desire for her children to have children of their own in the interview. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026 Omega-3s may help lower heart rate through their anti-inflammatory effects and by influencing the electrical signals in heart cells. — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 18 Sep. 2026 The Marine Mammal Center said it is not known whether the whale is simply passing through the Delta or whether an underlying health issue could be influencing its movements. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Zimmermann said there’s been meaningful progress in the number of women leading global businesses and influencing important decisions. — Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for influencing
Noun
  • Gerber was just 18 at the time, and appeared in the cover swaying and singing with Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026
  • To me, what emerges from this swaying feels more natural than simply forging ahead with a predetermined, easily understood logic.
    — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Still, federal policy can shape the broader conditions affecting municipal borrowers, Marlowe said.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Flash floods struck at least 10 provinces in Cambodia, affecting 44,889 families and forcing nearly 4,000 people to evacuate, according to disaster management officials.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Bell told me about an instance when a friend stayed over, cleaned out her garbage disposal, and ordered her new sponges, all without any prompting.
    — Brooke Knappenberger, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • An agentic system pursues a goal across multiple steps—retrieving data, calling APIs, applying business rules, making decisions and handing off exceptions—with limited human prompting along the way.
    — Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In general, one of the main policies scrutinized for impacting businesses across the bloc is the European Union Emissions Trading System, or EU ETS, the EU’s primary climate change system.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Both an aging circuit and its backup system failed earlier Monday, impacting the Philadelphia TRACON facility, which integrates radar approach control and air traffic control operations.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Each scene is about secrets, hypocrisy or some form of seduction.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In the darkness of Recife’s mangroves, a young man’s search for desire leads him into a world where seduction and violence become impossible to escape.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • At 6-3, 255 pounds, Howell was one of several top pass rushers in the draft who was dinged for arm length but is already impressing with varied rushes through the first two weeks.
    — PJ Green September 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The third-round pick out of USC was one of the stars of Ravens training camp, impressing in practices and scoring a touchdown in the team’s first preseason game.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Michel linked the lobbying contract and its timing to broader concerns about the government, including its refusal to rescind a controversial decree protecting senior government officials from prosecution in regular courts.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The agents began digging through thousands of records for details of Navatek’s lobbying operation, donation strategy and ties to politicians.
    — William Turton, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Influencing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/influencing. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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