influences

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His earliest musical influences were the swooning Motown singers of the ‘50s and ‘60s, including Otis Redding, Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Over time, vitality influences many of the biological processes that drive aging and age-related diseases, including chronic inflammation and loss of cellular repair efficiency.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Here, in five charts, we explain how Opec influences oil prices and what the UAE's departure could mean.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Investors await the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision, expected to hold rates, which influences risk assets like digital assets.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

My unselfishness was responding properly to the influences of 1942.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles