influence
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Example Sentences
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Wiles, though, was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and while she has remained in her role, her influence may not be quite as forceful as it once was.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
Despite this, Traoré has gained a huge following across the continent for his pan-Africanist vision and criticism of Western influence.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Jake Bailey, a professor at the University of Minnesota who studies how microbes influence Earth's systems, said the findings challenge long-standing assumptions about these rock structures.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
At the Met, Sharon revealed Wagner’s transformative opera as a series of rituals that implied the influence of the most influential “Tristan und Isolde” production of our time.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Somehow, astonishingly, she managed to use her position of political influence to quietly help out an estimated five thousand people who might otherwise have been victims of Stalin’s purges.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
