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Recent Examples of lobbying
Two initial votes against Johnson’s Speakership flipped under intense lobbying from the White House.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Companies calculate their shrink rate based on a physical count of their inventory on hand, which most take once or twice a year, according to the National Retail Federation, a top lobbying group for the industry.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Their lobbying underscores the growing influence of an ever-evolving hemp marketplace — and the pivotal role the 2024 Farm Bill will play in its future.
—Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The Fugees’ Pras Michel underwent emergency surgery for colon cancer last week, postponing legal proceedings in his foreign lobbying and conspiracy case.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Anger and intensive lobbying followed.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Similar invocations of democracy and American leadership litter the lobbying documents, policy proposals, interviews, and congressional testimonies of these companies and their executives.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
The lawmakers’ lobbying doesn’t occur in a vacuum.
—Alicia Diaz, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
The Herald’s reporting is based on court and corporate documents, campaign finance and lobbying data and the nearly three-dozen contracting records and purchase orders downloaded before the state replaced them with documents with significantly less detail.
—Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Philip Elliott, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Companies calculate their shrink rate based on a physical count of their inventory on hand, which most take once or twice a year, according to the National Retail Federation, a top lobbying group for the industry.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Their lobbying underscores the growing influence of an ever-evolving hemp marketplace — and the pivotal role the 2024 Farm Bill will play in its future.
—Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The Fugees’ Pras Michel underwent emergency surgery for colon cancer last week, postponing legal proceedings in his foreign lobbying and conspiracy case.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Anger and intensive lobbying followed.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Similar invocations of democracy and American leadership litter the lobbying documents, policy proposals, interviews, and congressional testimonies of these companies and their executives.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
The lawmakers’ lobbying doesn’t occur in a vacuum.
—Alicia Diaz, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
The Herald’s reporting is based on court and corporate documents, campaign finance and lobbying data and the nearly three-dozen contracting records and purchase orders downloaded before the state replaced them with documents with significantly less detail.
—Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobbying
Noun
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Negotiation and influencing skills are critical capabilities that the candidates can highlight as a testament to their ability to navigate the organizational dynamics, maneuver tricky situations and secure buy-in from detractors, if any.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There are similarities between the standoff playing out between the White House and the Fed, and President Richard Nixon’s pressuring of the central bank in the 1970s, according to Nomura.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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By generating comprehensive solutions with minimal prompting, ChatGPT-5 removes the need for these mental rehearsals, creating a skill gap between competence and performance.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Computer scientist Peter Burke has unveiled a robot that uses generative AI models to train its brain and host hardware, subject to proper prompting by handlers.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Yet somehow, in a medium of heavy copper, Fischl captures the lithe, swaying, physical vitality of Ashe, as well as the high-mindedness of the man who was so committed to social causes.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
30 Aug. 2025
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Bamboo basket boats swirl through the Bay Mau nipa palm forest—their skippers casting nets in the shade of swaying fronds.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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And for a moment, sometime in the 1970s and early 1980s, this sense of possibility wasn’t just cultural brainwashing.—
Alissa Quart,
Time,
30 Aug. 2025
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Conspiracies and brainwashing In Argentina, there was the troubling disappearance of five-year-old Loan Peña in Corrientes province.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Lobbying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobbying. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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