afford
Example Sentences
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The growing effects of the Great Depression left many countries unable to afford the long, slow steamship trip to South America.
From Los Angeles Times
Factory robots run by artificial intelligence churn out products that jobless college graduates cannot afford.
Ms Graden-Tyson, who has not yet got a formal diagnosis, said she would have to make sacrifices to afford private care after being told the NHS wait could be about 10 years.
From BBC
She does not charge extra for the rides because families can’t afford it.
From Los Angeles Times
If people were victimized by predators on the county’s payroll, they deserve to have a law firm that can afford to work for free until the case settles.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
