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                    as in influence
                                                
              
          
                                                      the power to bring about a result on another                                       
              
                             under the sway of euphoria, she offered to take us all out to dinner in celebration of her new job                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in leverage
                                                
              
          
                                                      the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly                                       
              
                             outdated attitudes that still hold sway in some communities                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in power
                                                
              
          
                                                      the right or means to command or control others                                       
              
                             a time when Rome held sway over a vast empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in to influence
                                                
              
          
                                                      to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response                                       
              
                             how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, "Please take me home with you?"                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in to lurch
                                                
              
          
                                                      to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions                                       
              
                             the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in to govern
                                      archaic 
                                  
              
          
                                                      to exercise authority or power over                                       
              
                             an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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