influential
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For more than half a century, one of the most influential ideas in molecular evolution has been the Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
Rogers Jones said Wain frequently struggled for money, often selling his work for small sums but who had since since become one of Britain's most influential artists.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Interest rates, the U.S. dollar and liquidity conditions have become more influential towards markets than military or political tensions, Massabni adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The idea runs back at least to the influential 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, who instructed that “Acts of parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent parliaments bind not.”
From Slate • May 26, 2026
Michael Faraday, one of history’s most influential scientists due to his work on electromagnetism, designed this device to test the spirit phenomenon of “table-tipping.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing influential
Very Necessary: Synonyms for "Important"
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