influential person
Example Sentences
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The transaction instantly transformed Edward Rogers into the most influential person in Canadian professional sports, with his company now owning all of the major teams in the nation’s largest city.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
She doesn’t like it when “an influential person actively strives to take rights away from other people,” as she put it.
From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025
He says that even now Slater is "probably one of, if not the most, influential person" in his life.
From BBC • May 16, 2025
“Thank you for always believing in me. You were such an impactful & influential person in our community,” said Yeek.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023
Perhaps the most influential person ever associated with Samos was Pythagoras,* a contemporary of Polycrates in the sixth century b.c.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
