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Examples of leading light in a Sentence
He is one of the leading lights of the labor movement.
Recent Examples on the Web
The reality of that promise, for those on the ground in France, will be the presentation on May 16 of five projects featuring the leading lights of contemporary Taiwanese cinema.
—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Steve Albini, a leading light of indie-rock’s sound and morality as frontman of Big Black and Shellac and recording engineer for Nirvana, PJ Harvey and many other artists, has died at the age 61.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 May 2024
Leave a comment View Comments French Foreign Trade and Language minister Franck Riester said Conde was a leading light of French literature and theatre.
—Reuters, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Best known for his novels in the ‘80s and ‘90s, the son of Kingsley Amis was a leading light in London’s literary scene.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
The five new projects rep, however, Movistar Plus+’s first movie slate and marks, or continues, its association with leading lights on Spain’s vibrant crossover movie scene.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
Many of bossa nova’s leading lights were either just writers or just performers; Mr. Lyra was among the few who were both.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
In practice, its leading lights have effectively been working for the president.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
Our concern is with how the evident interest of Delaware’s leading lights in environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles is likely to affect that gold standard.
—WSJ, 4 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1707, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near leading light
Cite this Entry
“Leading light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leading%20light. Accessed 21 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
leading light
noun
: a prominent and influential member (as of a field of study or political movement)
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