influential
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- influentially adverb
- noninfluential adjective
- noninfluentially adverb
- overinfluential adjective
- quasi-influential adjective
- quasi-influentially adverb
- uninfluential adjective
- uninfluentially adverb
Etymology
Origin of influential
First recorded in 1560–70; from Medieval Latin influenti(a) “stellar emanation” ( influence ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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AWS has become the most influential driver of Amazon’s share price.
From MarketWatch
Leaders of Hefazat-e-Islam, an influential coalition of Islamic schools and Muslim organisations, visited Afghanistan in September.
From Barron's
America, too, is different nowadays: less influential, more inward-looking, and increasingly different from the America I've reported on for my entire career.
From BBC
He was still massively influential, marauding forward and defensively he was solid.
From BBC
Several influential economists have recently argued that a meaningful strengthening of the yuan would turbocharge consumption and get China out of its economic doldrums.
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