mover and shaker

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Recent Examples of mover and shaker By the 1950s, when la dolce vita was in full swing in Rome, and Manhattan was a playground for monied movers and shakers, Gucci was outfitting and accessorizing it all. Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024 Instead, there’s the suggestion that movers and shakers should be negotiating with Cerebras for options on future hardware. John Werner, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 Though many in the market associate such an intellectually rigorous approach to collecting and patronage with the 20th century, these true believers have not only blazed a path for a new generation but are also still movers and shakers themselves. Kate Dwyer, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024 Today, there are seven estates that comprise Fair Lea, some of which have been owned by high society movers and shakers, including Anne Ford, Gloria Vanderbilt and Tony-winning Broadway composer and lyricist Richard Adler. Mark David, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mover and shaker 
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Noun
  • Namely, many ordinary Indians apparently took enormous glee at the prospect that the sudden invalidation of high-denomination currency notes would put fat cats with large cash holdings in a bind.
    Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2017
  • Poor poll numbers caused panicky Democratic Party oligarchs and fat cat donors to oust him as their candidate.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Besides the first day of KHSAA state football finals on Friday, there was a big boys basketball tilt involving No. 4 Male and No. 3 Trinity.
    Rich Barak, The Courier-Journal, 7 Dec. 2024
  • One thing Green Bay hasn't done, though, is beat the NFL’s big boys.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • One of the teachers at Abbott, Jacob (played by Chris Perfetti), paid homage to Sajak with his costume, which even included a big wheel.
    Kayla Caldwell, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The original penny-farthing bicycle had a big wheel up front with a smaller one out at the back, and was also known as a high-wheel cycle.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • There’s tons of in-your-face werewolf action, big guns and lots of blood and guts in this throwback flick that would feel right at home in a drive-in double feature.
    William Earl, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Los Angeles scored against Colorado’s top line, but the Avs’ big guns got that one back at 3:40 of the period.
    Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Check out my main man going full shirtless with the vest!
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Issue of the weekend Pulisic scoring, Antonee Robinson assisting, Gio Reyna on the bench and Weston McKennie’s Juventus career revived — new season, familiar start for some of the USMNT’s main men in Europe.
    Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Simply Cheetos White Cheddar Puffs These light-colored curls have big cheese flavor, a satisfying crunch and a tart kick that is dangerously delicious.
    Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
  • Somalia’s new big cheese will quickly find out how much has been bitten off his capacity to govern.
    Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2017
Noun
  • Producer Will Packer, singer-actor Fantasia Barrino and gospel superstar Hezekiah Walker are among the notables who will be celebrated at the 2nd annual HBCU Honors, which recognize prominent alumni of HBCU institutions.
    William Earl, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The Dodgers have 10 pitchers out, nine on the injured list, totaling close to $40 million in salary, including such notables as Clayton Kershaw, Tyler Glasnow, Tony Gonsolin and Dustin May.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Pace is essentially the heavy of the movie, playing the brutal chief hunter for the network airing the game shows and tasked by the producer with tracking down Powell’s character.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
  • His heavies answered the call, putting on an impressive blocking scheme that freed Franklin quite often.
    Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2024

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