influence
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Example Sentences
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Mr. Puryear’s ambitious works incorporate African, Minimalist and modernist influences, not to mention woodworking, shipbuilding and basket weaving.
The outcome of the Sun trial underscores the challenges in prosecuting Chinese influence in the U.S.
But there is no doubt that the film’s visual style offers an alternative view of L.A. that has influenced a generation of filmmakers.
From Los Angeles Times
In July, it introduced a collection influenced by Oak Bluffs, the historically Black community on Martha’s Vineyard.
Moxie moves mountains, and in a time when many of us are exhausted by celebrity influencing and mindless idol worship, Paltrow has maintained her enigmatic pull.
From Salon
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