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well-connected

British  

adjective

  1. having influential or important relatives or friends

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Then, aided by a well-connected lobbyist and the sheen of credibility from its association with the university, Navatek would approach the member for federal research funding.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

John Benjamin Hickey directs this tale of a well-connected family whose status is put at risk when its daughter returns home having written a tell-all memoir.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Hazel dormice are a European Protected Species and are considered vulnerable to extinction, but their presence is a marker of a healthy, well-connected landscape.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The new route is particularly important to rural parts of Sichuan, Chongqing and Yunnan, among others, which are less well-connected than more prosperous regions in eastern China.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Elizabeth Bentley was the most well-connected Soviet spy ever to defect to the United States authorities.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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