affording

Example Sentences

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“Affording social safety nets, affording national defense – you’ve got to be a little more competitive,” Dimon said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 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

On my affording an opportunity, through the medium of the currency of the realm, of the allaying, at a later period, this beneficial evil, one of the men remarked:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker