affording

Example Sentences

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If you have $2 million in investments, affording a $1 million home would be a piece of cake.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Japan’s consumer prices rose at a slower pace in February, potentially affording the central bank more time to consider raising rates further amid heightened geopolitical risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Hughes, who is in year four of an eight-year, $64 million contract with the New Jersey Devils of the NHL, has no worries about affording the best care possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

On my affording an opportunity, through the medium of the currency of the realm, of the allaying, at a later period, this beneficial evil, one of the men remarked:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker