power broker

noun

1. a person with power and influence, esp one who operates behind the scenes

Example Sentences

Ellison ordered it after meeting its producer, Lawrence Bender, at a memorial service for lawyer and power broker Skip Brittenham, who died just over two months ago, Bender said at a Sept. 3 event.

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He very much believes he’s doing right by Tulsa’s everyday people, a working-class community at the mercy of men like Donald Washberg and the capitalist power brokers silently enabling his political career.

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In death, Kirk, one of the Republican Party’s most influential power brokers, is being hailed by conservative evangelical pastors and GOP politicians as a Christian killed for his religious beliefs.

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The real driver is money, and the power brokers behind it.

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Kirk, 31, was one of the Republican Party’s most influential power brokers.

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Related Words

• fixer 
• kingmaker