rainmakers

Example Sentences

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The 1,200-lawyer firm said it appointed Scott Barshay, one the firm’s most prominent rainmakers, as its new chair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

"Upland forests are like natural rainmakers," Jiang said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2025

The partnership's "overly collegial" culture made staff reluctant to call out misbehavior, especially from "rainmakers" who were described as "untouchables" to whom "the rules don't always apply", the review also found.

From Reuters • Sep. 27, 2023

Here is what’s keeping corporate rainmakers up at night.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2022

It did almost seem as if we Marines were rainmakers.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac