Examples of influential in a Sentence
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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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
In an influential 1980 research paper, the former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, who was then a young economist at Stanford, focussed on the costly and irreversible capital investments, such as building a new factory or buying new machinery, that firms make.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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
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Adjective
Linus O’Brien gives that chapter of the story a respectful 20 minutes, with lots of rambunctious footage and a sweet acknowledgment of Sal Piro, one of the earliest and most influential superfans, who died in 2023.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
In an influential 1980 research paper, the former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, who was then a young economist at Stanford, focussed on the costly and irreversible capital investments, such as building a new factory or buying new machinery, that firms make.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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
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“Influential.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/influential. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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