forceful
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Mr. Sorey’s band moves from down-home blues to church-service uplift to the sort of energized ritual that characterizes “creative music,” a practice for which Mr. Sorey is now a forceful lodestar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Reflecting on any future potential mayoral candidates, she said: "I don't know whether the new candidate will be as forceful as he was."
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Given these changes, it is worth considering whether the Warsh Fed should prepare markets for more forceful and less predictable rate adjustments ahead.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
But with a forceful push from then-UC President Janet Napolitano, regents who had been reluctant to remove the SAT switched gears to unanimously vote to phase out testing and explore creating a UC-specific exam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
He was a quiet individual, but his quietness had a forceful authority that all his men feared and respected.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
Vocabulary lists containing forceful
Stay Strong: Forc and Fort
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