influential position

collocation in English

meaningsofinfluentialandposition

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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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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofinfluentialandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinfluential position

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Petitioners recognized theinfluentialpositionthe abbess had obtained as a result of her own patronage of the exiled and impecunious royalists.
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As middlemen between the displaced and government officials, commercial farmers, aid agencies, and so on, such sultans occupy aninfluentialposition.
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The authorities had a strong belief in the institutional care of elderly people, and the managers of these institutions gradually gained a fairlyinfluentialposition.
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Levinson'sinfluentialpositionhas skewed our view of the period in question, obscuring among other things the history of the danseur.
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He would give orders to the staff, make urgent calls, make decisions about large sums of money, and hence demonstrate theinfluentialpositionthat he enjoyed as president.
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That would not put us in any privileged orinfluentialposition.
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I think that he could do quite a lot in hisinfluentialpositionthere by following up this interesting matter that he has mentioned tonight.
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It is true that we are in a veryinfluentialposition.
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It would mean that all the adults who are in aninfluentialpositionin its life would be speaking with one voice.
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There is no question of preferential treatment being given to farmers by reason of theirinfluentialposition.
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They were interested, of course, in the indirect, aesthetic, emotional and cultural satisfaction that derives from close contact in aninfluentialpositionin this industry.
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It is obvious that those who possess wealth and education already are in a far moreinfluentialpositionthan those who do not.
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However, that is no excuse for putting him in the dominant,influentialpositionof a principal shareholder.
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He holds a veryinfluentialposition.
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After all, they have been in a fairlyinfluentialpositionfor the last eleven years if they wished to change the direction in which things were going.
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He hadinfluentialpositionin his town and tribe.
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Deschamps also holds prominent political connections that have arguably allowed him to maintain his highinfluentialpositionfor so long.
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This was a full-time administrative and judicial office in the local government and a mostinfluentialposition.
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Most of his followers are well off, highly educated, and hold influential positions in the military, ministries, banks, and large companies.
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There were also language associations, and proud speakers of particular languages, but rarely did these people hold politically influential positions.
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