influential figure

collocation in English

meaningsofinfluentialandfigure

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influential
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.fluˈen.ʃəl/us
/ˌɪn.fluˈen.ʃəl/
having a lot of influence on someone ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofinfluentialandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Quickly restored to all but the title of deliberative prince, he was weakened but remained aninfluentialfigure.
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Ely was aninfluentialfigurefor the men who developed institutionalism in economics.
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That analysis should help us understand not only why he has been such aninfluentialfigure, but also why his reputation suffered such a decline after about 1960.
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He is aninfluentialfigurein performance art, video art, and installation art.
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He also was aninfluentialfigurein minor league baseball.
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She was later widely recognized as aninfluentialfigurein the integration of feminist concerns into underground comics.
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The early magazine featured book reviews, personal essays, opinion pieces, in-depth analysis and interviews with aninfluentialfigure.
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He has become a popular andinfluentialfigureon social media, with many considering him a voice for refugees and young writers worldwide.
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He became aninfluentialfigurein experimental theater and writing, and performed nearly forty plays.
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He wasinfluentialfigurebehind the scenes, on practical measures and taxation.
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By 1910 his miners group was the largest organised labour group in which he was already a very powerful andinfluentialfigure.
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He has been aninfluentialfigurein popular music and culture for more than five decades.
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He was an eminentlyinfluentialfigurewho helped nurture the sport from its crude beginnings into its modern form.
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He has been aninfluentialfigurein popular music and culture for over six decades.
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The work singled him out as aninfluentialfigurein 19th century drama.
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He was aninfluentialfigureamong many pianists of the middle 20th century.
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Solum has been aninfluentialfigurein the early music movement.
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Reinhardt was aninfluentialfigurein jazz and among jazz guitarists as a soloist, accompanist and composer.
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She expressed her feminist ideas on paper and was also a major supporter andinfluentialfigureduring the twentieth century.
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During the 1975 local elections she became the party's mostinfluentialfigure.
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