Examples of leading light in a Sentence
He is one of the leading lights of the labor movement.
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By selecting Vance, Trump has elevated a leading light of the right-wing populist movement spawned by Trump’s rise rather than someone from another faction of the conservative movement.
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Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 15 July 2024
The reality of that promise, for those on the ground in France, will be the presentation on May 16 of five projects featuring the leading lights of contemporary Taiwanese cinema.
—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Steve Albini, a leading light of indie-rock’s sound and morality as frontman of Big Black and Shellac and recording engineer for Nirvana, PJ Harvey and many other artists, has died at the age 61.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 May 2024
Leave a comment View Comments French Foreign Trade and Language minister Franck Riester said Conde was a leading light of French literature and theatre.
—Reuters, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
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Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 15 July 2024
The reality of that promise, for those on the ground in France, will be the presentation on May 16 of five projects featuring the leading lights of contemporary Taiwanese cinema.
—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Steve Albini, a leading light of indie-rock’s sound and morality as frontman of Big Black and Shellac and recording engineer for Nirvana, PJ Harvey and many other artists, has died at the age 61.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 May 2024
Leave a comment View Comments French Foreign Trade and Language minister Franck Riester said Conde was a leading light of French literature and theatre.
—Reuters, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Leading light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leading%20light. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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