central figure

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Ryan Porter was a central figure in the L.A. jazz scene, performing with Kendrick Lamar and Kamasi Washington, and co-founding the West Coast Get Down.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Again as though making a training film, Mr. Jones surrounds the central figure with role models who maintain good humor and understanding throughout every patience-testing episode.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Larijani was not a military commander, but he was a central figure in shaping Iran's strategic decisions.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 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

In work hitherto noticed, the child may be regarded as the central figure of the design, whether fact or fancy be set about his little personality.

From English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books by Sketchley, Rose Esther Dorothea