be influential
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His daughter plays flag football at Bellflower, so the Millers figure to be influential in the sports programs.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2025
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
And a song's placing on streaming services' Christmas playlists can be influential.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2023
Still the royal imprimatur would be influential and serviceable no less when offered hypocritically than in full sincerity.
From Biographical Essays by De Quincey, Thomas
