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The city, they argue, can’t afford to wait on alternative programs that require study, money and public buy-in that could take years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

If he were still living in Boston, where he had gone to college, he wouldn’t have been able to afford it, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Considering you can afford this expense, I think there is really just one question you need to ask yourself: How important is this friendship to me?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Yet states like Mongolia and Tajikistan can little afford to antagonize their giant Russian neighbor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

"I even gave Trina Vanderhoof one of my own basketballs because I couldn't afford to buy a new one."

From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene

Major cities throughout the States have seen crushing drops in Canadian tourism and business it affords to costly enterprises like ski resorts.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

The more Mary affords grace to others, the more she gains confidence in who she is, as a person with a strong moral compass forged away from her mother’s ambitions.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

“For the first time in this litigation, the government argues that civil detention ‘does not implicate any fundamental rights’ and so the Due Process Clause affords the detained men no protections—substantive or procedural,” they wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

The RF also affords some measure of security against top-slashing thieves and delinquents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

The road above the town affords a panoramic view as far as the eye can'see.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The 21-page document argues that the benefits afforded by such an addition make it both necessary and warranted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

She deviates from the one-note mean girl role, supplying Gen with dimensionality and kindness that characters like these were rarely afforded.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

How irresistible it must be to get a second chance that very few are afforded.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The ruling concerns a travel provision afforded to recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the program created in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Burnham loved Chicago for the opportunity it afforded, but he grew wary of the city itself.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

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

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

From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026

I was thinking, too, that the stillness was affording me a first real opportunity to reflect.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama