Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or exercising influence.
- noun One that is of considerable importance or influence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having or exerting power or influence; possessing or characterized by the possession of influence, or of power to influence: as, influential friends.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having or exerting
influence . - noun A person who has
influence
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or exercising influence or power
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Examples
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Told you Ayn Rand had changed my political views forever - now that's what I call influential writing :
Tales From The Script 6 : This Time It's Wall Street juliette 2009
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Despotic governments conduct campaigns to win influential seats while developing nations turn a blind eye to their human rights violating colleagues in order to win assembly votes.
Thor Halvorssen: Renovating the Rules of UN Backroom Diplomacy Thor Halvorssen 2010
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But if, by cosmic coincidence, it turns out to be truly influential, is there a single person here who thinks that it will be used for anything but a justification for the seizure of power by those that Bryan would find utterly reprehensible?
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This seldom is the case with people in influential positions.
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For now, Mr. Perry is calling influential Iowa Republicans in an attempt to seed support for his official entry into the race.
GOP Absentees Quietly Stalk Iowa Patrick O'Connor 2011
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Despotic governments conduct campaigns to win influential seats while developing nations turn a blind eye to their human rights violating colleagues in order to win assembly votes.
Thor Halvorssen: Renovating the Rules of UN Backroom Diplomacy Thor Halvorssen 2010
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Given the number of last-ditch Zionists that President Obama has surrounded himself with, Rahm Immanuel being the most influential, is it any wonder that Obama would appoint someone like Ross to be “special adviser” on Iran.
Wonk Room » Keep Your Friends Close, And Dennis Ross Closer 2009
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Despotic governments conduct campaigns to win influential seats while developing nations turn a blind eye to their human rights violating colleagues in order to win assembly votes.
Thor Halvorssen: Renovating the Rules of UN Backroom Diplomacy Thor Halvorssen 2010
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Despotic governments conduct campaigns to win influential seats while developing nations turn a blind eye to their human rights violating colleagues in order to win assembly votes.
Thor Halvorssen: Renovating the Rules of UN Backroom Diplomacy Thor Halvorssen 2010
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Despotic governments conduct campaigns to win influential seats while developing nations turn a blind eye to their human rights violating colleagues in order to win assembly votes.
Thor Halvorssen: Renovating the Rules of UN Backroom Diplomacy Thor Halvorssen 2010
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