influence
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JPMorgan has been embracing artificial intelligence, and Dimon has acknowledged the technology will influence how the bank thinks about staffing needs among its 300,000-plus employees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Wilson also pointed to the drop in megacap stocks in the S&P 500 that heavily influence its trajectory.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
To address this, the researchers used Bayesian spatio-phylogenetic analyses, which account for both shared ancestry and geographic influence.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
The next major milestone is expected overnight Sunday into Monday, at which point the astronauts will enter the "lunar sphere of influence," where the Moon's gravity will have stronger pull on the spacecraft than Earth's.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
His hope was to use his position as an insider to influence key decision makers.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
