central figure
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Erlinger was a central figure in McDonald’s efforts to rein in price increases, pledging to do more to provide value to customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The Canadian banker who never before held elected office would emerge as an unexpected central figure in a high-stakes project to reshape the economic and military community known as the West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
But he also explores, in depth, the complexities of the band’s central figure, Maurice White.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Instead, Rayner stood for the deputy leadership and won election to that post comfortably - going on to be a central figure in Sir Keir's bid to remake the party.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
For seven years he was annually re-elected president, and during that time he was the central figure in the scientific society of England.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison) Muir
