kingmaker

Example Sentences

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Radio’s role as kingmaker was superseded, first by streaming services and then by TikTok.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

No longer will he be the king, much less the kingmaker — and he cannot stand the idea of being irrelevant.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025

By the late 2000s, the media had fully embraced Kennedy’s role as the court’s kingmaker.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

"Every project, every sector, corruption is there," says Volcere, an electoral outlier but potential second-round kingmaker.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

In later years, I discovered that my father was not only an adviser to kings but a kingmaker.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela