kingmaker

Example Sentences

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At the Bay Area regional, CJ continued to perform at a high level in front of the Elite 11 kingmakers.

From Los Angeles Times

Kazeem has his finger in several pies: He sells drugs, owns nightclubs and plays kingmaker to politicians.

From New York Times

As these and other social platforms have assimilated TikTok’s previously idiosyncratic features, the app is no longer the kingmaker it once was.

From New York Times

Populist Sadr, once an outlaw wanted dead or alive during the U.S. occupation, rose to become a political kingmaker and Iraq’s most powerful figure.

From Reuters

If “The Exhibit’s” own judges don’t even buy the show’s promise that the museum can play kingmaker for a new class of artists, why should we?

From Los Angeles Times