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He is one of the leading lights of the labor movement.
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The leading lights in the industry seem to hold conflicting views.
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Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Graydon had manifested this night out of raw ambition and a hustler’s nerve, the same combination that had driven another outsider, Condé Montrose Nast, to gather the leading lights of Jazz Age entertainment and society in his Park Avenue penthouse decades earlier.
—Michael Grynbaum, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
The group’s founder and leading light is Antonio Cabrera, who combines the talents of an entrepreneur, an intellectual entrepreneur, and a former public servant.
—Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
But The Gift took it a step further in showcasing the artists themselves: Afrobeats and Afropop leading lights like Mr. Eazi, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage and Yemi Alade all featured on the set.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2024
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Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Graydon had manifested this night out of raw ambition and a hustler’s nerve, the same combination that had driven another outsider, Condé Montrose Nast, to gather the leading lights of Jazz Age entertainment and society in his Park Avenue penthouse decades earlier.
—Michael Grynbaum, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
The group’s founder and leading light is Antonio Cabrera, who combines the talents of an entrepreneur, an intellectual entrepreneur, and a former public servant.
—Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
But The Gift took it a step further in showcasing the artists themselves: Afrobeats and Afropop leading lights like Mr. Eazi, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage and Yemi Alade all featured on the set.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Leading light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leading%20light. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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