well-connected
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“He was very well-connected through all his admirers and friends, and he thought he could get away with anything, and he usually did,” Meyers told The Times recently.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
You probably aren’t rich or well-connected enough to have a 24 year-old incinerate your savings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Spain-based Cuban economist Pedro Monreal warned that a quick-fire sale of state enterprises "without robust legal safeguards" could result in "the capture of state assets by insiders well-connected to those in power."
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
One man, who is well-connected to Muslim communities in the west of Edinburgh, told the BBC his "heart dropped" when he heard the men were members of a congregation.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 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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