affiances

present tense third-person singular of affiance

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Verb
  • Even as the communist country proposes reforms, the United States continues a pressure campaign, ramping up economic sanctions and maintaining an oil embargo that has plunged much of the island into darkness.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The simplest solution, Wheeler proposes, is that laws be strengthened to require developers to integrate prehistoric sites and finds into the architectural plans for new buildings, and not just shunt things off to museums or warehouses.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • The blurb promises a one-last-job kind of story, fitting for the conclusion to a modern classic of the crime genre.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
  • There's still a lot of manual campaign optimization and workflow management that needs rebuilding into agentic systems, but the next wave of AI (agentic) promises real change in how marketing campaign managers do their jobs.
    Phoena Pang, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Opposition leader pledges to return Maduro claimed victory in a 2024 election in which the opposition leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, was banned from running.
    Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Ultimately, no matter what pledges a company or country adopts, actually making things change on the ground is what slows emissions.
    Justin Worland, Time, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • The Supreme Court has declined to resolve whether innocent taxpayers can face unlimited IRS audit exposure when a return preparer commits fraud, leaving a split in the federal courts intact.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Manco isn’t necessarily the most dynamic protagonist in the world, but he’s centered and relatable in his anxiety over aging and his genuine love for Sammy, and an amusing deadpan presence with an accent the actor commits too.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • The outsider who engages deeply can expose assumptions that insiders stopped noticing.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Roberts greets groups of guests and celebrities with enthusiasm, engages them in conversation and poses for pictures.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
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“Affiances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affiances. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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