influential
Use Influential in a sentence
fluˈɛn noun
2.
a person who exerts or can exert strong influence: according to influentials of the fashion industry.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| —adj | |
| having or exerting influence | |
| influ'entially | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
Perhaps as online education continues to grow, such extension programs will become more powerful and influential.
Even better, set up an advisory council stuffed with influential foreigners.
But two decades later, the record's defiant atmospherics and tremolo experimentation have become more influential than ever.
They did eventually relent after a protest by an influential donor and sent out an announcement.
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