influential individual

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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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individual
noun[C]
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us
/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
a single person or thing, especially when compared to the group or set to which ...
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Here, apparently, the collective ideology of the urnfield was replaced by one in which a small group of people was buried around aninfluentialindividual.
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Although inevitably the work of many people, such developments are led by influential individuals, discontented with the status quo, powerfully articulating alternative visions of education.
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First, over how much would be left of the group ranch to be shared by an ever-growing population after carving out chunks and allocating them to influential individuals.
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It is now successfully established as an active, worldwide network of influential individuals.
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Some individuals—perhaps influential individuals—may have got themselves into a position where such events have resulted.
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A programme of visits to this country, which enables influential individuals to have free discussion and study of our institutions and policies here, is also designed to promote this understanding.
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This gave less power to organized political parties and more to influential individuals, some of whom had themselves elected in the constituencies they controlled.
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They begin in the mentality of the masses, rather than creations of influential individuals of a time period.
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Female lovers were, by convention, the most easily acknowledged, and often became influential individuals.
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This was essentially a propaganda organisation, with little popular support, which attempted to gain the ear of influential individuals to propose a more rational society.
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They were targeted at influential individuals, such as journalists and politicians, rather than a mass audience.
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Detention center authorities or influential individuals frequently barred visitors or severely mistreated detainees.
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He was named to the list of 100 most influential individuals in business ethics in 2008.
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In addition to legislators, the hotel was home to lobbyists, aides, jurors, newspapermen, businessmen and other influential individuals over the next three decades.
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It identified an array of chicanery performed by some 60 influential individuals that resulted in the recent market crash.
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The patronage of wealthy and influential individuals, from kings through the nobility, as well as clergymen and town patricians, allowed various artists to create masterpieces.
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Furthermore, the formation of a counter-elite, made up of influential individuals and key leaders, within the victim state establishes the legitimacy and permanency of a new regime.
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According to the authors, analysis of virality of information cascades on a social network may lead to many useful applications like determining the most influential individuals within a network.
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