power broker
noun
: a person (as in politics) able to exert strong influence through control of votes or individuals
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By now, most regional power brokers, including Saudi Arabia, have recognized the hazard that Abiy will pose if he is allowed to pursue his expansionist dreams, unmoored by concerns for regional stability.
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Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
This was back in the day when party power brokers, including Johnson, still a had significant say in picking presidential nominees.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
And then there were the dinners, black-tie affairs in her elegant Upper East Side apartment to which Ms. Mason summoned the city’s power brokers, a fizzy mix of moguls, journalists and authors, diplomats and heads of state.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
At that point, voters had more power to pick presidential candidate than party power brokers.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
Kim is touting a grassroots campaign in the primary, while Murphy, a former Republican with immense personal wealth, is flexing her connections to some of the state's power brokers, who have a heavy hand in shaping local races, including through helping set the ballot order.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2024
Big-name investors such as Reid Hoffman and Michael Moritz are pulling back, creating room for a new generation of tech power brokers.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Advertisement The onetime power broker, a major Democratic party donor and a force in California law, now lives in a locked memory care ward of an Orange County nursing home.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
That’s because voters don’t want to be told how to vote by political power brokers.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
This was back in the day when party power brokers, including Johnson, still a had significant say in picking presidential nominees.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
And then there were the dinners, black-tie affairs in her elegant Upper East Side apartment to which Ms. Mason summoned the city’s power brokers, a fizzy mix of moguls, journalists and authors, diplomats and heads of state.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
At that point, voters had more power to pick presidential candidate than party power brokers.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
Kim is touting a grassroots campaign in the primary, while Murphy, a former Republican with immense personal wealth, is flexing her connections to some of the state's power brokers, who have a heavy hand in shaping local races, including through helping set the ballot order.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2024
Big-name investors such as Reid Hoffman and Michael Moritz are pulling back, creating room for a new generation of tech power brokers.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Advertisement The onetime power broker, a major Democratic party donor and a force in California law, now lives in a locked memory care ward of an Orange County nursing home.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
That’s because voters don’t want to be told how to vote by political power brokers.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Power broker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20broker. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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