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 another promise of Brown was that education would be understood as a right afforded equally to all, and that promise died in Rodriguez.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
There is opportunity aplenty given the visibility afforded by Formula 1, which counts over 750 million fans worldwide, according to figures from Nielsen Sports last year.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2025
The Cubs could have afforded Shaw more development time by signing free-agent third baseman Alex Bregman.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Similar in length and narration to the aforementioned schoolyard scene, a long stretch of time is afforded to this sequence.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
In the meantime, the flexibility afforded by the lack of designation is something to be embraced.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Deprived of the cachet afforded by global branding, deep commercial affiliations, and entrenched fanbases, these clubs must eschew traditional paradigms and pursue imaginative strategies for capital formation, revenue diversification, and long-term sustainability.
—Priya Oberoi, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Oliveira’s father was a wealthy industrialist, and a view from the old house’s perspective invokes the comforts that his family’s prosperity afforded, and, with these, the inner vistas, the aesthetic initiation that opened up to him in his urbane youth.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
Due to the weak security afforded to livestock under cruelty laws, and the fact that these laws differ in states, there are few reports so abusers and owners can continue sometimes unnoticed and unpunished.
—Anna-Jae Clarke, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
There is opportunity aplenty given the visibility afforded by Formula 1, which counts over 750 million fans worldwide, according to figures from Nielsen Sports last year.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2025
The Cubs could have afforded Shaw more development time by signing free-agent third baseman Alex Bregman.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Similar in length and narration to the aforementioned schoolyard scene, a long stretch of time is afforded to this sequence.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
In the meantime, the flexibility afforded by the lack of designation is something to be embraced.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Deprived of the cachet afforded by global branding, deep commercial affiliations, and entrenched fanbases, these clubs must eschew traditional paradigms and pursue imaginative strategies for capital formation, revenue diversification, and long-term sustainability.
—Priya Oberoi, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Oliveira’s father was a wealthy industrialist, and a view from the old house’s perspective invokes the comforts that his family’s prosperity afforded, and, with these, the inner vistas, the aesthetic initiation that opened up to him in his urbane youth.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
Due to the weak security afforded to livestock under cruelty laws, and the fact that these laws differ in states, there are few reports so abusers and owners can continue sometimes unnoticed and unpunished.
—Anna-Jae Clarke, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Afforded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afforded. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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