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[uh-fawrd] / əˈfɔrd /




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Maybe that’s too cynical, and they simply got used to our generosity because, unlike them, we could afford to give our time away.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

Now, across social media, Americans are sharing stories of children cut off from cancer treatment and families struggling to afford prescriptions.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

The German praised Madrid's attacking quality and warned Barcelona could not afford to be complacent.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

But he and his partner, Alyx Jolivet, 40, felt like they couldn’t afford children until they were more financially secure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Anya felt bad for rushing him, but they couldn’t afford to just sit there.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

It mentions no relationships other than his two marriages and affords no insight into the foundering of his first, with Laurie Lennard, an environmental activist and producer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Baku street circuit has a long straight that affords good overtaking possibilities and has a reputation for producing incident-packed races.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

But the nature of Dans’ role affords him more leeway than other appointees.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

While nearly half of small businesses fail within five years, Kyla Scanlon noted that ownership also affords greater opportunity.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

After welcoming their sisters, they triumphantly displayed a table set out with such cold meat as an inn larder usually affords, exclaiming, “Is not this nice? Is not this an agreeable surprise?”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

But beyond the exclusive entrée, Coppola — only on her third feature, but already known for her affinity for youth culture — would bring Marie Antoinette a jouissance the history books had never afforded her.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Marriage would have afforded you more protection and perhaps made it easier for you to stand your ground now.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Hassan is not the only Syrian regime official whose connection to the Tice case has seemingly afforded him financial payments or assistance for living abroad.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

It mandates that immigrant and other detainees are afforded privacy, safety, hygienic living conditions and other rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

From the surviving evidence, the Kanes could have afforded to support Maggie from Elisha’s book royalties alone.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

“People have incredibly busy lives. They are worried about affording their healthcare, putting food on the table, paying for gas to fill their tank,” Underland said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Marshals and other federal agencies by affording them a dangerous amount of latitude.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

It got a touch nervy as the visitors knocked it about, trying to work it into all the space that Scotland were affording them.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

For example, in the first half of 2027, Panmure expects inflation to fall significantly, affording central banks the room to lower interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

At first, aircraft were used mainly to carry out reconnaissance flights, affording a bird’s-eye view of the battlefield and enemy positions.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman


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