influences

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Policymakers closely monitor inflation expectations because, generally speaking, what people think will happen to prices in the future influences wage and price-setting behavior.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Every one of those choices influences portfolio exposures and investor outcomes.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

A few days after the interview, she sent over an exhaustive list of influences of writers, films, podcasts and other miscellany she might have mentioned or left out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

It supports aquatic organisms, helps sustain biodiversity, and influences important biogeochemical processes.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Just come near Levy Pants and you were subjected to all sorts of annoyances and depressing influences.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole