influential
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The commitments from senior management and an influential figure like Ma, who is no longer on the company’s board, helped to shore up Alibaba’s foundering share price.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
At the time, Pep Guardiola called him "one of the most influential managers in the last 20 years".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
You have scarcely turned the first page when you meet with Smith’s influential paean to the productivity-enhancing principle of the division of labor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Pope Leo XIV will travel to the tiny republic of San Marino on Saturday before attending a cultural and political event organised by an influential Catholic group at an Italian seaside resort.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Reverend William Whewell, an influential man, objected on etymological grounds and suggested instead an "–eous" pattern, producing Meioneous, Pleioneous, and so on.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing influential
Very Necessary: Synonyms for "Important"
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