power broker

noun

: a person (as in politics) able to exert strong influence through control of votes or individuals

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This has, among other things, entailed a rollback of sanctions on Syria's de facto new power broker. —

Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025 In August, Ron Conway, the California power broker who had given half a million dollars to Fairshake, e-mailed the super PAC’s other funders, including Andreessen and Armstrong, to complain that the campaign was alienating Democratic lawmakers. —

Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024 Over the next five decades, the media, increasingly the primary power brokers under the new rules of U.S. politics, shaped Carter’s image. —

Amber Roessner / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024 The big picture: Loba has become one of Music Row's top power brokers. —

Adam Tamburin, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for power broker