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influencing

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verb

present participle of influence

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Recent Examples of influencing
Noun
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 While some parents, like Ring, are first to introduce these brands to their children, studies suggest parents aren’t the ones doing the majority of the influencing. Amanda Green, Parents, 30 Nov. 2025
Verb
Founders will notice hesitation, enthusiasm, chemistry, confidence, uncertainty, who’s influencing the room, whether the customer is actually excited. Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 How Craig plays will go a long way in influencing TCU’s entire season. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2026 His music will continue influencing generations long after all of us are gone. Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Those changes can then send atmospheric waves into the jet stream, influencing weather patterns far beyond the Indian Ocean. Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 Artificial intelligence and the data center boom are influencing many things across Georgia, ranging from politics and technology to debates over energy, water consumption and land use. Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Taiwan's government said Hsu's case involved gaining intelligence for mainland China and influencing Taiwanese politics. ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 Freeder says this kind of language could be influencing Florida’s GOP voters to avoid the practice. Elijah Lott, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026 Blending ambient textures, trip-hop, techno and drum-and-bass into a new sonic language for mainstream pop, Orbit co-created an album that revitalized Madonna’s career while earning multiple Grammys and influencing a generation of producers. Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 Aug. 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
  • In a video posted on social media, Green shared that Lala brought more than 28 inches of rain in parts of the state, adversely affecting bridges, roads and schools.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The ingredients in the brine interact with the meat in different ways, affecting its flavor, color and texture while also helping keep it safe to eat.
    Anna Dilger, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • That’s the future Google and other tech giants predict, with AI agents soon handling tasks on our phones without constant prompting, potentially freeing us up to do other things.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Without any prompting, the server offered to prepare a plate of food to send to the room.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Shavers advocates for practitioners to shape decisions, including AI implementation, to ensure truth and prevent errors from impacting defendants and victims.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Here’s how the cost of credit is impacting homebuyers, and what veteran buyers can do about it.
    Sharon Wu, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Several symbolic scenes, similarly unfolding in sinuous long takes—a ritualistic repetition of local habits at the junk yard, a formal dance of non-seduction at a luncheonette with a jukebox—lay bare the town’s ingrained and unyielding mores.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Some Venus signs prefer seduction through mystery and minimalism, while others enjoy eccentricity or perhaps even maximalism.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Goalkeeper Carl Rushworth, a permanent signing this summer after impressing last season on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion, tends to pass short in open play but hits most goal kicks long.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, John signed with the Cleveland Indians, now the Cleveland Guardians, at the age of 18 after impressing the team with his curveball.
    Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Coming after the primary and as the general-election campaign takes center stage, the event had the trappings more of a political and lobbying effort than collective bargaining.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Then there’s Associated Industries of Florida, a statewide business lobbying group that serves as a pass-through for donors’ money.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Influencing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/influencing. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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