sphere of influence
noun phrase
: a territorial area within which the political influence or the interests of one nation are held to be more or less paramount
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What scholars are now realizing is that the rewards for such audacity, both for individuals and for the entire Roman sphere of influence, were huge.
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Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
The United States and the Soviet Union were able to find a sustainable détente undergirded by more clearly articulated arms control agreements and spheres of influence that each side could live with.
—Dmitri Alperovitch, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
While that may have been the case, the country’s oligarchs have unwittingly turned this volatile impostor into a folk hero whose power may not diminish even outside the chancellor’s sphere of influence.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2024
Attendees actively engaged in the exchange of perspectives and experiences germane to their respective spheres of influence.
—Gorgeous Beauty, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2024
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Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
The United States and the Soviet Union were able to find a sustainable détente undergirded by more clearly articulated arms control agreements and spheres of influence that each side could live with.
—Dmitri Alperovitch, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
While that may have been the case, the country’s oligarchs have unwittingly turned this volatile impostor into a folk hero whose power may not diminish even outside the chancellor’s sphere of influence.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2024
Attendees actively engaged in the exchange of perspectives and experiences germane to their respective spheres of influence.
—Gorgeous Beauty, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Sphere of influence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sphere%20of%20influence. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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