affording

Example Sentences

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Sixty-eight percent of New Yorkers have experienced issues with affording healthcare, and 66% have delayed or gone without care due to cost.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

In the aftermath of the 2008-09 financial crisis, “ARMs all but disappeared because fixed rates were so low that buyers had no difficulty affording homes,” Kim noted.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Still, three in five Venezuelans said they had difficulties affording enough food last year, according to a study by Gallup published Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

It would be the first time that such priceless financial data had fallen into an economist’s hands, affording an analysis of a heretofore uncharted criminal enterprise.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt