influential
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The recognition followed years of fossil analysis, scientific publications, conference presentations, and his influential 2002 book about the giant crocodilian.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Despite this, over the past decade, he has quietly become one of the conservative legal movement’s most influential operators, making Paoletta an underrated political power in his own right.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
As part of the Fedreal Reserve’s dual mandate, the unemployment rate is very influential on monetary policy and the bond yields.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
He thinks his views on interest-rate policy can be more influential if shared privately with the chair and his colleagues rather than “in the public square,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The most influential rhetorical handbook between the ages of Cicero and Shakespeare, however, Ad Herennium, gives us six parts, which is the scheme I propose to adopt.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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