kingmaker

Example Sentences

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The chip giant has invested tens of billions from its fast-growing war chest to become the industry’s most powerful kingmaker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

During that trip, South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, the highest-ranking Black member of Congress and renowned Democratic kingmaker, told The Times that Newsom would be “a hell of a candidate.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2025

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

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