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influence
B1Frequent NGSL-1the effect that somebody/something has on the way a person thinks or behaves or on the way that something works or develops
to have an effect on the way that somebody behaves or thinks, especially by giving them an example to follow
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[LAUGHTER] This liberating discovery enables me to proceed-- [LAUGHTER] --without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, the law, or politics for the giddy delights
J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Speech
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I got a lot of influence and power thanks to BTS.
Dark matter is completely invisible, but scientists speculate that it's there because it influences the visible world, even including the trajectory of light.
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