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afforded

verb

past tense of afford

as in went

to have enough money for we can't afford a new car this year

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Recent Examples of afforded But the owners were dragging their feet, which afforded David time to browse listings for homes for sale in the country, amid cornfields, red barns and silos. — Dawn M. Turner, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 This, in turn, has afforded our nation stability and social cohesion. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 June 2026 Winning has afforded him opportunities to sell and market a line of spice rubs, sauces, glazes, seasonings, baths, brines, and injectables. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026 The result is paradoxical, however, because the lack of detailed development afforded to the main characters allows others to come to the fore. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 June 2026 The home advantages afforded to Mexico at the very least level out the disparity in ability between the two sets of players, and the Azteca has sounded feral so far. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 4 July 2026 That luxury afforded coach Mauricio Pochettino to rotate out nine starters to rest his regulars while giving seven players their first minutes of the tournament. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026 Even greater privacy is afforded into the future by its abutting the 140 acres of Sherrif’s Meadow conservation land. — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026 Even with tariff turmoil swirling and adding a not-insignificant degree of confusion and instability to global trade, there have been some crucial bright spots for the textile industry over the past year, in large part because of the protections afforded by USMCA. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 26 June 2026

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The rookie point guard went 7 of 19 from the field and 4 of 9 from 3-point range after struggling with his shot in his summer league debut.

— Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Desperate to close the gap, Sebastian Berhalter brought energy off the bench and nearly scored, but his shot went wide left.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026

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