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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
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 July 2026
Offer availability, placement, and display are determined by the third party and may be influenced by compensation and other factors.
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Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Hurley said those shifting expectations influenced how Highline expanded its last-mile carrier network.
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Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
However, the shift is also influenced by the rise of generative AI, which homogenizes essays, making authentic voices difficult to discern.
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Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
2 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.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
Her outreach to Mamdani, one of the country’s highest-profile socialists and a rising star on the Left, is likely to fuel questions about how Harris is positioning herself within a Democratic Party increasingly influenced by progressive activists.
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Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2026
Often, how their bodies are judged are influenced by a definition of femininity based primarily on white bodies.
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Megan Gandy,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
What truly influenced my writing was the ancient Chinese I Ching (Book of Changes).
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Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
Verb
The white dwarf is part of a triple star system, and the outer companion stars could have influenced WD 1856 b's orbit.
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 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,
2 July 2026
Hurley said those shifting expectations influenced how Highline expanded its last-mile carrier network.
—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
However, the shift is also influenced by the rise of generative AI, which homogenizes essays, making authentic voices difficult to discern.
—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
2 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,
2 July 2026
Her outreach to Mamdani, one of the country’s highest-profile socialists and a rising star on the Left, is likely to fuel questions about how Harris is positioning herself within a Democratic Party increasingly influenced by progressive activists.
—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2026
Often, how their bodies are judged are influenced by a definition of femininity based primarily on white bodies.
—
Megan Gandy,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
What truly influenced my writing was the ancient Chinese I Ching (Book of Changes).
—
Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for influenced
Adjective
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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.
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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.
Verb
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Funding changes have affected metro Atlanta organizations and communities.
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There are no definitive statistics about how many students are affected by state bans.
Adjective
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But not everyone is so convinced.
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After the birth of their son, Saga (Haarla) becomes convinced there is something profoundly wrong with the child, even as those around her dismiss her fears.
Verb
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Turgeon said new asphalt is about $100 a ton, and it's heavily impacted by the price of oil.
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The pregnant woman went into labor after being pulled from the rubble of the building in the city, which was the worst impacted by the devastating back-to-back earthquakes in the region, according to South American news outlet HCH Televisión Digital.
Adjective
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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.
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Letting go of these items leads to regret for the loss of nostalgia and passing on true history for a distorted version.
Verb
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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.
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Many of them hoped for more such memorable moments but Wan-Bissaka rarely impressed in his second year at the club.
Adjective
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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.
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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.
Verb
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The discussion also touched on the export of Japanese pop culture.
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This sacred ground, where heaven touched the earth ten times.
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