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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Adjective
The book is considered one of the most influential books of the last decade and explains the rage of working-class America against elites that propelled Trump into office.—Kelly Tyko, Axios, 17 July 2024 Harris has many backers if Biden withdraws, including Rep. James E. Clyburn, an influential South Carolina Democrat with deep ties to Biden.—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 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 See all Example Sentences for influential
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