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authoritative, forceful, weighty
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His theories have become more influential in recent years. My parents have been the most influential people in my life.Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Nowhere have those changes been more pronounced or more influential than in the public-school system, where the values of the Jewish Home Party and its far-right allies have taken hold. — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, "How the Religious Right Transformed Israeli Education," 23 Aug. 2019 His beef is with how rich and influential people and corporations bestow their gifts and the implications for governmental organizations that could otherwise have far greater impact. — Fortune, "An Insider Takes Aim at Corporate America’s ‘Elite Charade’," 20 Aug. 2019 Staples, who was inducted with The Staple Singers, was an influential figure in the growth in popularity of R&B music during the 1970s. — cleveland.com, "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s new ‘Rock Hall Honors’ series is already a huge letdown," 16 Aug. 2019 Fossil fuel interests are rich, politically influential, and well organized. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "Don't Ask How to Pay for Climate Change. Ask Who," 2 Aug. 2019 The Spanish restaurant was really groundbreaking and influential in the Twin Cities. — Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, "10 questions with Salty Tart’s pastry chef Adrienne Odom: It’s still so new," 30 July 2019 Ortega has a turbulent history with the church, widely influential in this majority-Catholic country. — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, "Spies, harassment, death threats: The Catholic Church in Nicaragua says it’s being targeted by the government," 23 July 2019 Wernher von Braun was undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in the history of aerospace engineering and rocketry. — Jay Bennett, Smithsonian, "The Best Books About the Apollo Program and Landing on the Moon," 16 July 2019 The reports were presented to the board in early May. Two trustees have said the reports were hard-hitting and influential in their ultimate decision to seek Shoureshi’s resignation. — oregonlive.com, "Taxpayers pay nearly $55,000 for PSU investigation they’ll likely never see," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'influential.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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