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affording

verb

present participle of afford

as in going

to have enough money for we can't afford a new car this year

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Recent Examples of affording According to a new Guardian poll, 95 percent of Americans think that the United States is in the midst of an affordability crisis with many reporting trouble affording necessities like gas and groceries. — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 The Cowboys still had all three timeouts, affording them an opportunity to get the ball back one last time, but Bucs running back Bucky Irving scampered for the game-sealing first down two plays later. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Concern about affording healthcare topped other strains on the household budget, such as food, utilities, and housing costs. — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2026 Healthcare workers who’d turned up for the event described patients choosing between affording medication or food, or how they themselves had been financially devastated by a medical crisis. — Kate Wells, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 Gallup pointed to rising clinical depression and loneliness, difficulty affording housing, fears of losing jobs to artificial intelligence and growing pessimism about the job market as possible contributors to the decline. — Alex Deluca, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 In a 2024 survey, 32% of Colorado parents reported quitting a job due to problems finding or affording care; another 20% reported being let go or fired as a result of childcare issues. — Shay Castle, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2026 His size and confidence has moved him up the hierarchy, affording him some of the best fishing spots on the Brooks River. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2026 Enter Pijama, talked up by the Larrain brothers at CIC, a TVOD system affording global or select territory access and right holder returns, which get 80% of revenues, to great films audiences can’t see. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

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Ryu wins the first time, but the brothers have a falling out and start a beef with a demon named Akuna before going their separate ways.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
The company explicitly framed the ultra-high-tech monster as the roadmap for a rollout of seven new road-going models destined for global markets over the next four years.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026

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Chisell, who previously worked at Amazon, eBay and Starling Bank, estimates that Paysend can now deliver around 25% more engineering work with the same-sized team, but argues that getting results isn’t as simple as handing everyone the latest tech.

— Lindsay Dodgson, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026
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