main player

Example Sentences

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"He is playing really well. He's obviously become the main player for Aston Villa."

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

“Suddenly Rebecca isn’t just a character, but a main player in the drama of a very real-life story.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

"It is the main player that balances excitation and inhibition in the brain," said lead author Chang Sun, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in the Vollum Institute at Oregon Health & Science University.

From Science Daily • Sep. 20, 2023

Pfizer is also a main player, alongside Moderna, in providing COVID-19 vaccines and boosters that match circulating strains.

From Washington Times • Sep. 2, 2023

Its role is clear: Keep the scoop upright, don’t leak and don’t upstage the main player, the ice cream.

From New York Times • May 26, 2022