counterinfluence

noun

Definition of counterinfluencenext
as in influence

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  1. influence
  2. leverage
  3. in
  4. credit
  5. sway
  6. pull
Noun
  • Paris Reuters — The Cour de Cassation, France’s highest court, upheld on Wednesday former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for corruption and influence peddling.
    Reuters, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • What's New France's Court of Cassation has upheld the conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling, solidifying a historic ruling against the former head of state.
    Michael D. Carroll AND Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of influence
Noun
  • Instead of electricity, Johnston said Canada could have more leverage over America in areas that are harder for US officials to make up for, including aluminum and nickel.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The view is that this strategy will be rewarded on the other side once demand comes back as RH will be in a significantly stronger market position with significant operational leverage.
    Sofia Celeste, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of leverage
Noun
  • Join 29 others in the comments View Comments The board just celebrated the swearing-in of a new VOA director, Michael Abramowitz, a few months ago.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The only South Korean president of the last two decades who did not end his or her term in a dramatic fashion was Yoon’s direct predecessor, Moon Jae-in.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of in
Noun
  • And there has been no allegation that the credits Long claimed for his clients were inappropriate.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • By Brande Victorian · Updated December 17, 2024 Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has accumulated a range of screen credits most actors could only dream of obtaining.
    Essence, Essence, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of credit
Noun
  • Residents in Sacramento saw ornaments on a Christmas tree sway, water sloshing in a swimming pool, and a computer swaying for a few seconds, according to the Los Angeles Times.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • And Vance has already proven his sway by helping now-Ohio Republican Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno win Trump's endorsement in the Ohio Senate primary this year and then get him over the finish line against Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown who had defied political gravity for several cycles.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of sway
Noun
  • At the same time, there's something undeniably intoxicating about the pull of them being together, singing a song, snickering at inside jokes, making the kind of observations that only someone who has known you your whole life can.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Hype Rug pulls, where developers launch a token or DeFi project, attract investors, and then disappear with the funds, are expected to increase.
    Becca Bratcher, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of pull
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