[Ads-l] "implement" used to mean 'influence' or possibly 'determine, shape'

[Stanton McCandlish]

This is a weird one:

    “There’s no question donors absolutely can help order priorities,”
[Robin] Kolodny said. “We have evidence it will implement how much time a
Congress member will spend on an issue.”

From: Phillips, Amber; "The Five Minute Fix: How Money in Politics Works in
2024"; The Washington Post; 2024-09-27;
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?s=66f7123fca27091d873dfd51. (Full
article title from e-mailed version of the story; it doesn't appear at the
URL for some reason.)

I've never seen "implement" used this way before. Even the use of "help" to
mean something like 'partially, somewhat', again implying influence, is a
bit odd, though less so.

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