influencing

Example Sentences

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It defines the strength of gravity throughout the universe, influencing everything from falling objects on Earth to the motion of galaxies.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

With a further psychiatric assessment needed by the prosecution a month later, prosecutor Nicola Potts asked Gibson to travel up to Northumberland in person to stop James influencing the hearing.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Stock-market returns, housing value growth, wage growth and the job market will all be key variables influencing people’s willingness to spend, he said.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

We can make a difference by influencing each other—by not only contributing drops into the bucket, but by showing others that we’re doing so, and, in the process, influencing them to do the same.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

She doesn’t know a thing about me, yet she wants to use one song to make me into the big bad villain who is influencing her precious son.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas