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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterinfluence
Noun
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That economic footprint is matched by political and organizational influence.—
Ronak D. Desai,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025 -
When a 1999 Top 100 list by a gay and lesbian publishing group failed to include Patricia Nell-Warren’s 1974 novel The Front Runner, many readers loudly objected, noting its influence on their own coming-out journeys.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Mar. 2025
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Federal District Judge Dale E. Ho last week dismissed the charges against Mr. Adams with prejudice, meaning prosecutors can no longer revisit them, reducing the administration’s leverage to force the mayor to do its bidding.—
Jeffery C. Mays,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Your consultants will highlight such risks to PE firms, providing leverage in negotiations and ensuring compliance post-acquisition.—
David Van Ronk,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Heat’s game at Wednesday could determine which hosts the April 16 must-win play-in. 5.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2025
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The Heat, losers of seven in a row and now just 4-14 since trading Jimmy Butler, has just 15 games remaining in a regular season that now feels like an inexorable slog toward a third consecutive season in the play-in.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
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In an interview with Fox Business on Wednesday, Dimon said rising interest rates, sticky inflation, and widening credit spreads are setting the stage for a wave of financial strain among U.S. companies.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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The production house’s scripted entertainment credits include Varsity Blues, Coach Carter, One Tree Hill and Smallville.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Nigel Slater’s paean to the likes of St. John and the River Café, places that still hold sway today.—
Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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At that point, rather than consulting someone who obsesses over how caffeine focuses us by blocking adenosine receptors in the basal forebrain, philosophers should hold sway.—
Jessica Riskin,
The New York Review of Books,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Activities include a champagne reception with a variety of games where everyone wins a prize for their donation (for example, a $25 chance at the prize wheel will win the donor a $25 gift certificate) and a wine pull.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Containing around 400 powerful volcanoes, Io is influenced by Jupiter’s gravitational pull and the pull of the planet’s other moons.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Counterinfluence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterinfluence. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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