- present participle of influence.
influencing
Example Sentences
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“Costume designers have long been overlooked for the importance of their work in creating and influencing mainstream contemporary fashion,” fellow fashion designer Tom Ford told The Times in a 2019 email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Martin Shkreli, a former hedge-fund manager known as “Pharma Bro,” is back in the crosshairs of U.S. regulators for influencing biopharma stocks even though he is banned from being involved with the industry.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The research is part of UT Austin's Whole Communities -- Whole Health initiative, an interdisciplinary program that works with communities to investigate factors influencing health and well-being.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Over a period of days and weeks this can work its way down through the atmosphere influencing our jet stream, causing it to weaken, become more bendy or reverse.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Related to these factors affecting diffusion within continents is a third set of factors influencing diffusion between continents, which may also help build up a local pool of domesticates and technology.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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