plural machers
: a powerful, influential person
His business partner at the agency is the operatically colorful macher Ari Emanuel, and they know more than almost anyone about how to use tabloid ink to boost a client or break a competitor.—
Amy Chozick
Amy ChozickBorn in 1948, I am part of the baby boomer generation, and while I was not a macher, I played a role, albeit a small one, in both my Orthodox community and the broader American Jewish world.—Joseph R. Rackman
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These organizations, which are all full of movers and machers, have become a formidable bloc of support for the Harris-Walz campaign.
—Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Now, LaVey was on Summit Drive, mingling with music-industry machers, Hollywood heavies, and Davis’ nearest and dearest.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
The two leaders identified key safety concerns to address urgently: traffic, violence, drugs. — VALLEY PASSING: Former Police Commission president and San Fernando Valley automotive macher Bert Boeckmann has died at 92.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
In Yiddish, the macher.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2022
Chino is a good kid who one day is asked a favor by Willie Bodega, the local macher.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
The best is Adrian Boseman, a charismatic macher played by the great Delroy Lindo.
—Sophia Nguyen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021
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Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Now, LaVey was on Summit Drive, mingling with music-industry machers, Hollywood heavies, and Davis’ nearest and dearest.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
The two leaders identified key safety concerns to address urgently: traffic, violence, drugs. — VALLEY PASSING: Former Police Commission president and San Fernando Valley automotive macher Bert Boeckmann has died at 92.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
In Yiddish, the macher.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2022
Chino is a good kid who one day is asked a favor by Willie Bodega, the local macher.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
The best is Adrian Boseman, a charismatic macher played by the great Delroy Lindo.
—Sophia Nguyen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021
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“Macher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macher. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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