central figure
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Over the show’s seven-season run, Brendon became a central figure, portraying the witty, insecure but dependable “everyman” in the gang’s battles against the forces of darkness.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
“What an odd discipline autobiography turns out to be,” muses Charles Arrowby, the central figure in Iris Murdoch’s novel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The central figure making this case, according to several accounts, is Gen. Dan Caine, the Trump-appointed chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026
Valentino's creative director Alessandro Michele celebrated him as "a central figure in the history of Italian culture".
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
We were told that the central figure in each temple was “Of the Almighty,” who seemed to exact as tribute to his power a fearful noise of cymbals and tomtoms.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh
