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A diabetic, the 65-year-old said he couldn’t afford insulin and the local clinic rarely has syringes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But Europe can ill afford to anger China.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Small states and rural cooperatives may be able to afford nuclear where now the price is out of sight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

When the service charge went up, one resident said they had to take on an extra job, while others said they were anxious they'd be unable to afford the higher fee.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The local leshy would get her lost, which was something she couldn’t afford right now.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

With the 19 addresses of “So Ordered”—each adapted as a tightly reasoned essay—Justice Alito affords the legal commentariat an unexacting way to understand his thought.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

It's accepted that the safety car affords possibilities to gain and lose out, so why should the VSC not do the same?

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

But the nature of Dans’ role affords him more leeway than other appointees.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

That affords the opportunity “to make more changes without it being more impactful to the remaining members.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

After welcoming their sisters, they triumphantly displayed a table set out with such cold meat as an inn larder usually affords, exclaiming, “Is not this nice? Is not this an agreeable surprise?”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

A higher value indicates a higher debt burden relative to what can be afforded.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Investors have historically afforded Chugai a premium valuation because of its track record of discovering and developing innovative drugs, the U.S. bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

But at the top level, this is time not all coaches are afforded.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

She wants to see Native Americans take an even stronger leadership role going forward, pointing to rights afforded to them by state law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

My father had wanted to be buried in Haiti, but at the time of his death there was no way that we could have afforded it.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

The beats are the ideal accompaniment for Ms. Badu in her experimental mode, affording her space to work through her range of vocal styles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Foot Locker is dealing with challenges facing the broader athletic-shoe industry — namely, consumers who are too worried about affording basics to think about buying less essential items like sneakers, D.A.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

His mother was of European descent and his father was a Cantonese opera star who was on tour in the city, affording his son birthright citizenship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

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

Mr. Gonzalez, thereupon, grew quite manic and fired Gloria immediately, affording himself an opportunity at authority which, I could see, he rarely enjoyed.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole