clout
Example Sentences
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It’s not at all clear Newsom would have much clout.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Holyrood has some tax and welfare powers that could be used to help address these problems but Westminster has much greater financial clout.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Still, the election of an American pope was a surprise, since many prelates—including Prevost himself—believed that the college of cardinals wouldn’t hand the papacy to the U.S., on top of all the superpower’s other clout.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
The deal shows how the media sector, while fraught with changes in technology and customer habits, continues to attract trophy hunters who want the clout and gravitas of informing the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Some of them had begun to use their clout to bend the course of history.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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