influence
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Example Sentences
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The Abu Dhabi deal didn’t grant either party involved any sort of access to government decision-making or influence over policy, World Liberty previously said.
This low bioavailability raises an important question: if so little is absorbed, how do flavanols still appear to influence brain function and the nervous system?
From Science Daily
By reflecting sunlight and helping cool the planet, it influences ocean circulation, atmospheric behavior, and extreme weather patterns far beyond the polar regions.
From Science Daily
While human movement, especially air travel, is a major driver of pandemic spread, the team notes that other factors also influence how outbreaks unfold.
From Science Daily
There is also an obvious sense of vindication from others, who objected to his influence for years, as one minister told me yesterday – "I've always hated him and he's always hated me".
From BBC
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