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High-risk, high-rewards plays like cryptocurrency investments or options trading may seem more exciting, but they’re best suited for experienced investors with capital they can afford to lose.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

The woman -- asking to be identified by her surname, Jeong, for privacy reasons -- said she could not afford to cool the one-room home shared with her husband and disabled daughter.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

"I find it heartbreaking that businesses cannot afford to give young people the chances and opportunities we took for granted 10 and 15 years ago," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

With record-setting revenues brought about by a massive local television deal and the presence of Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers are one of the few franchises who can comfortably afford to give him one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

It was the only way to afford his treatment.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Major cities throughout the States have seen crushing drops in Canadian tourism and business it affords to costly enterprises like ski resorts.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

Even so, it is the act of assembling disparate icons and references into resonant wholes that affords Saar’s sculptures and tableaux their personal and political import.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"We were able to identify an evolutionarily old region in the brainstem which affords this ability."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

With nuance and eagle-eyed research, he affords readers an unprecedented look at the mechanics of a musical fusion that, in many ways, we’re only just beginning to understand.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026

I shake my head, muttering darkly on shaded paths, holding conversation with the only friend and comfort this world affords, my shadow.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

If we lose that food security afforded by our pollinators we could have a global food crisis on our hands.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

"We wouldn't have left if we could have afforded to stay," she reflects.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

“GEO ensures detainees are afforded the necessary tools, equipment, and personal protective equipment ... to safely and effectively perform any necessary tasks,” the settlement states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The civil servants are held to high performance standards and do face adverse actions, even though they are afforded due process that is reasonable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

We heard only his rowing and felt the advancement afforded by his strokes upon the oars.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

In Jackson’s words, “Congress could not have meant for the guarantees it was affording to be so cavalierly swept aside.”

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

If you have $2 million in investments, affording a $1 million home would be a piece of cake.

From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026

The divide where lower income households were priced out of affording EVs is "disappearing", he added.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Hughes, who is in year four of an eight-year, $64 million contract with the New Jersey Devils of the NHL, has no worries about affording the best care possible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

The living quarters and dining rooms of the tenured scholars would have been in the very same building, affording easy access to the collections.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro