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The business model was simple: You tell them how much you’re willing to invest in your new “home country,” and they tell you where you can afford to buy citizenship.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

But they cannot afford to be lulled into a false sense of security.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

“Maybe some people are doing very well so they can afford a helicopter. Good for them,” added Patrick Bucquet, a software engineer in Mamaroneck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The more money you have, the more you can afford to ride out stock-market turmoil.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Cater waiters employed by their in-laws could barely afford rent.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The artificial-intelligence spending cycle is still early, according to UBS analysts — and that affords investors a number of compelling opportunities across the technology, media and telecommunications sectors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

But the nature of Dans’ role affords him more leeway than other appointees.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

The case is offering a view into how Wall Street’s hedge fund titans generate their supersize wealth, and the lifestyle that money affords.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Most wealthy Americans, and particularly Californians, are interested in residency in a European nation, which affords someone the ability to live or work in more than two dozen countries in the European Union.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

After welcoming their sisters, they triumphantly displayed a table set out with such cold meat as an inn larder usually affords, exclaiming, “Is not this nice? Is not this an agreeable surprise?”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

She also traveled across Europe, meeting with several European leaders as well as with Pope Leo, who gave her the reception and high-level access usually afforded to a head of state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

But he acknowledges that having no spouse, children or mortgage afforded him unusual freedom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The setup has afforded Rushing more regular at-bats than initially expected when the Dodgers activated him this week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The rain afforded an even greater privacy; no one in the world would come this way to find them inside this tree.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

For example, in the first half of 2027, Panmure expects inflation to fall significantly, affording central banks the room to lower interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

A reporter at the Times Herald covered my crime, stripped of context, affording neither of us humanity.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

“The first days at home with a newborn should be focused on the love, connection, and joy of an expanded family, not stress about affording diapers,” Johnson said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 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