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Adjective
His theories have become more influential in recent years.
My parents have been the most influential people in my life.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Highly influential full-back Andrea Cambiaso was only fit enough for a place on the bench, meaning Weston McKennie was needed to fill in as part of a make-shift back four once again.
—Adam Digby, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2017
The pattern began in the Russian leader’s earliest days, when Boris A. Berezovsky, an oligarch influential in Mr. Putin’s rise, ran afoul of him and fled, treated for years as a public enemy before his death in Britain in 2013 under murky circumstances.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
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Adjective
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who recently received hip replacement surgery for a fall, is one of the most influential Democrats at 84.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Highly influential full-back Andrea Cambiaso was only fit enough for a place on the bench, meaning Weston McKennie was needed to fill in as part of a make-shift back four once again.
—Adam Digby, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
To secure support from the elders and influentials, potential parliamentarians were reputed to have paid tens of thousands of dollars for a vote.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2017
The pattern began in the Russian leader’s earliest days, when Boris A. Berezovsky, an oligarch influential in Mr. Putin’s rise, ran afoul of him and fled, treated for years as a public enemy before his death in Britain in 2013 under murky circumstances.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
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“Influential.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/influential. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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