afford
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You can certainly afford to wait until 70.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
She occasionally worried if they could afford their lifestyle, but brushed aside her concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
After last year’s layoffs, JPL “cannot afford to lose more of this expertise,” she said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
They don’t have bills piling up because they can’t afford to pay them.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Despite my many protests of a weak stomach, Mom argued that we couldn’t afford takeout and insisted we tough it out.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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