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clout

noun as in power

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Even Mr. and Mrs. Belcher’s clout couldn’t get her in until the next day.

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Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti had spent recent days frantically pushing schools to accept an unprecedented $2.4 billion private investment that would have given the country’s richest athletic conference unrivaled financial clout.

Prosecutors had labeled him a “serial intruder” who was aiming for clout online, the BBC reported.

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Japan, meantime, is wary of its much larger neighbor’s economic and military clout.

But due to his legal issues, YoungBoy has never been able to prove his clout as a live performer.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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