overly influence

Frequency: 6.59.7 per million words

to affect or change how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks to an excessive degree

overlyADVERB + VERB

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influence

Examples (10)

  • Special interest groups should not overly influence government policy.
  • The judge warned the jury not to let their emotions overly influence their verdict.
  • Social media algorithms can overly influence the opinions of young voters.
  • Parents often worry that peer pressure will overly influence their children's choices.
  • One outlier in the data set might overly influence the final results of the study.
  • The director didn't want the original book to overly influence his creative vision for the film.
  • It is important that short-term market fluctuations do not overly influence long-term investment strategies.
  • Some critics argue that large corporations overly influence public health regulations.
  • The artist tried to ensure that traditional styles did not overly influence her modern technique.
  • Teachers should be careful not to overly influence their students' personal beliefs.