influencing

Example Sentences

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Observations of gravitational lensing, where light bends around galaxies, suggest an additional unseen source of mass is influencing space.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

With a further psychiatric assessment needed by the prosecution a month later, prosecutor Nicola Potts asked Gibson to travel up to Northumberland in person to stop James influencing the hearing.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Stock-market returns, housing value growth, wage growth and the job market will all be key variables influencing people’s willingness to spend, he said.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

We can make a difference by influencing each other—by not only contributing drops into the bucket, but by showing others that we’re doing so, and, in the process, influencing them to do the same.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

“And yet you’ve always said it is beneath the dignity of a Titan to fight a mere mortal. I wonder if your mortal host is influencing you, weakening your judgment.”

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan