be influential

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And then there was the enigmatic instrumental duo Boards of Canada, who kept a low profile and almost never played live but whose records proved to be influential.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Independent expenditures by groups that lobby at the state Capitol can be influential in legislative races, but are not directly controlled by candidates.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

He has said he would like a 25 percent stake, noting in January that it would be “enough to be influential, but not so much that I can’t be overturned.”

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2024

In a presentencing report, a probation officer recommended to the judge that SBF get exactly 100 years, and those reports tend to be influential.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2024

This charge was simply a subterfuge, and one that was known would be influential with the mawkish philanthropists of the North, Mr. Adams, and the senators and representatives from New England.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry