Adjective
His theories have become more influential in recent years.
My parents have been the most influential people in my life.
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Adjective
Pryor — widely regarded as one of the most influential stand-ups of all time — was married seven times to five different women.—Jodi Guglielmi, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024 An ancestor of lo-fi music and bedroom pop, Smiley Smile is, in its own way, more influential than SMiLE.—Will Ainsley, SPIN, 24 May 2024
Noun
To secure support from the elders and influentials, potential parliamentarians were reputed to have paid tens of thousands of dollars for a vote.—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2017 The pattern began in the Russian leader’s earliest days, when Boris A. Berezovsky, an oligarch influential in Mr. Putin’s rise, ran afoul of him and fled, treated for years as a public enemy before his death in Britain in 2013 under murky circumstances.—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for influential
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