central figure

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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

The bank's governor Kazuo Ueda - a central figure in deciding interest rates - missed this week's meeting due to being in hospital as he is treated for an infected liver cyst.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Today, his daughter is a central figure of that Lima establishment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

But he also explores, in depth, the complexities of the band’s central figure, Maurice White.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The Gospels had not yet appeared; the world was without a miracle; Mary, the bride of Heaven, afterwards the central figure in the Hierarchy of the orthodox, had no place in history.

From The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity by Reber, George