mover and shaker
noun
plural movers and shakers
: a person who is active or influential in some field of endeavor
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That included the Brass Door, which had become a destination for special-occasion family dinners and power lunches for East Bay movers and shakers.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
An experience that started with calm ended with laughter, which is honestly the perfect way to bring some joy and self-care to overwhelmed movers and shakers in a city that never, ever, sleeps.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 19 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Dold interviewed an assortment of movers and shakers, from Mayor Rahm Emanuel to President Barack Obama — both before and after he was elected in 2008, Northwestern recalled.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Garfield, an idealistic moralist, happens to catch his colleagues at a time that even the movers and shakers have tired of the corruption.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
An experience that started with calm ended with laughter, which is honestly the perfect way to bring some joy and self-care to overwhelmed movers and shakers in a city that never, ever, sleeps.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 19 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Dold interviewed an assortment of movers and shakers, from Mayor Rahm Emanuel to President Barack Obama — both before and after he was elected in 2008, Northwestern recalled.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Garfield, an idealistic moralist, happens to catch his colleagues at a time that even the movers and shakers have tired of the corruption.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
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