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Still, even including home equity, median net worth peaked at $410,000 for households ages 65 to 74 — and many can’t afford basic living costs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

They cannot afford to waste energy searching dried-up flowers for nectar and pollen that is no longer there.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Hegseth told senators the United States is at a “moment where we cannot afford inaction,” while Caine argued the funding request is coming to Congress “while time is still on our side.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Economists suggest she can afford to move cautiously, balancing the needs of an economy ripe for recovery with a clear desire to get inflation under control over a reasonably short time frame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

“I will. As soon as I can afford to furnish my new place.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Major cities throughout the States have seen crushing drops in Canadian tourism and business it affords to costly enterprises like ski resorts.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

“The data affords patience for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Even so, it is the act of assembling disparate icons and references into resonant wholes that affords Saar’s sculptures and tableaux their personal and political import.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The more Mary affords grace to others, the more she gains confidence in who she is, as a person with a strong moral compass forged away from her mother’s ambitions.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Now, after several years in which to observe the effects of spraying, the Canadians find a mixed situation, but one that affords very little comfort to devotees of salmon fishing, provided spraying is continued.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

“GEO ensures detainees are afforded the necessary tools, equipment, and personal protective equipment ... to safely and effectively perform any necessary tasks,” the settlement states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Rulings made by the British Indian Government at the time meant they were not afforded war graves status, but that decision has been overturned.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Mr. Beck derided the “Douglas Factors” that ensure consideration is given on adverse actions that discipline is afforded commensurate with the actions of each employee and not done with disparate influence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

It effectively provides him with more job security than afforded to his predecessor, Jerome Powell.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

In Los Angeles, in our own time, Kevin and I could have afforded it.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

In Jackson’s words, “Congress could not have meant for the guarantees it was affording to be so cavalierly swept aside.”

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

However, one could reasonably expect an AI-related positive productivity shock to further lift the nominal equilibrium rate, affording the Fed time to wait out the latest round of supply shocks and inflationary pressure.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

But he wishes affording small luxuries like this didn't require such careful effort.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

At first, aircraft were used mainly to carry out reconnaissance flights, affording a bird’s-eye view of the battlefield and enemy positions.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman