as in going
to have enough money for
we can't afford a new car this year
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Recent Examples of affording
When your budget is already strained, affording medical costs can be difficult.
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Kat Tretina, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Brinson is now worried about affording basic necessities.
—Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Lately, Priscilla Brown has had to choose between properly managing her Type 2 diabetes and affording other necessities, like gas in her car.
—Ali Swenson, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
It’s made all the difference for Vega, who said health issues keep her from working and affording the food her family needs.
—Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
Hughes, who is in Year 4 of an eight-year, $64-million contract with the New Jersey Devils of the NHL, has no worries about affording the best care possible.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Following his first campaign, Jackson formed the nonprofit National Rainbow Coalition with the stated purpose of affording minority Americans a greater political voice.
—Patricio Chile, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
She's had three crises in the last few years, and didn't feel worried about affording treatment at the hospital.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Silver chose Toronto’s Brandon Ingram to fill in for Curry, affording the 6-foot-8 forward his second All-Star selection and first since 2019-20.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
Kat Tretina, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Brinson is now worried about affording basic necessities.
—Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Lately, Priscilla Brown has had to choose between properly managing her Type 2 diabetes and affording other necessities, like gas in her car.
—Ali Swenson, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
It’s made all the difference for Vega, who said health issues keep her from working and affording the food her family needs.
—Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
Hughes, who is in Year 4 of an eight-year, $64-million contract with the New Jersey Devils of the NHL, has no worries about affording the best care possible.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Following his first campaign, Jackson formed the nonprofit National Rainbow Coalition with the stated purpose of affording minority Americans a greater political voice.
—Patricio Chile, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
She's had three crises in the last few years, and didn't feel worried about affording treatment at the hospital.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Silver chose Toronto’s Brandon Ingram to fill in for Curry, affording the 6-foot-8 forward his second All-Star selection and first since 2019-20.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affording
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To meet his growing costs, Meraj had increased the price of a cup of tea from ten rupees to fifteen, a fifty-per-cent rise (in New York terms, like a cup of drip coffee going from just shy of four dollars to nearly six overnight).—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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McDowell is with 916 Community Alliance, going inside underserved community classrooms to help keep the peace.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The novel used all these tensions to propel a study of greed, avarice, and racial divisions between the haves and have nots, leading to McCoy getting his comeuppance.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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Without getting into spoilers, much of the tension rests on whether certain protagonists get caught.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Affording.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affording. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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