kingmaker

Example Sentences

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But with a nudge from Rafsanjani, the kingmaker, he was picked by the Assembly of Experts as the new leader.

From The Wall Street Journal

Radio’s role as kingmaker was superseded, first by streaming services and then by TikTok.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her trajectory from New York Times opinion editor to Substack entrepreneur to apparent kingmaker within a legacy media institution perfectly encapsulates how we have confused platform with expertise and audience with authority.

From Salon

No longer will he be the king, much less the kingmaker — and he cannot stand the idea of being irrelevant.

From Salon

Guralnick’s new book is the story of an immigrant scrapper who became a kingmaker with his unerring instinct for the main chance.

From Los Angeles Times