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instrumental

adjective as in influential, assisting

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Carter and outside linebackers coach Joe Coniglio, has been instrumental in bringing them along.

He also chose Thomas Homan, who led the Immigration Customs Enforcement agency during the first Trump term, to manage border policy for the White House, and Stephen Miller, who was instrumental to Trump's first term crackdown, to be the White House deputy chief of staff and oversee deportations, according to The New York Times.

From Salon

Last year, the combative Gaetz came under fire from his own side of the aisle when he proved instrumental in ousting Republican Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker.

From BBC

That so many people’s voices were heard and recognized makes the new memorial “all the more powerful,” said Mayor Jeffrey Bernstein, who Lafleur emphasizes was instrumental in initially getting the clashing parties talking.

He also wrote a memoir, “You Should Be Dancing,” in 2015 and performed in the instrumental duo Strong & Bryon.

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