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Adjective
His theories have become more influential in recent years.
My parents have been the most influential people in my life.
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Michael Copley, NPR, 9 June 2024
In a rare foray into foreign policy, the influential organization added to the mounting pressure from Black leaders on Mr. Biden to stop aiding Israel’s war in Gaza.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2017
The pattern began in the Russian leader’s earliest days, when Boris A. Berezovsky, an oligarch influential in Mr. Putin’s rise, ran afoul of him and fled, treated for years as a public enemy before his death in Britain in 2013 under murky circumstances.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
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Adjective
At the plastics industry’s annual conference in New York, Lloyd Stouffer, the editor of an influential trade magazine, urged executives to stop emphasizing plastics’ durability.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 9 June 2024
In a rare foray into foreign policy, the influential organization added to the mounting pressure from Black leaders on Mr. Biden to stop aiding Israel’s war in Gaza.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Noun
To secure support from the elders and influentials, potential parliamentarians were reputed to have paid tens of thousands of dollars for a vote.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2017
The pattern began in the Russian leader’s earliest days, when Boris A. Berezovsky, an oligarch influential in Mr. Putin’s rise, ran afoul of him and fled, treated for years as a public enemy before his death in Britain in 2013 under murky circumstances.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
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“Influential.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/influential. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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