afford
Example Sentences
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A customer of a social supermarket has said she "can afford a few extras for Christmas" thanks to the money she saves there on her weekly groceries.
From BBC
Drivers can raise their deductible to lower their monthly bill — but can they afford to pay when accidents happen?
From MarketWatch
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
