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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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He has the Rolodex of a well-connected person; the guest list is impressively loaded for someone making his first show.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Gyllenhaal, from a well-connected Hollywood family that includes actor brother Jake, also stressed how AI companies were seeking to license the images of actors in order to reproduce them in digital form.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

WhatsApp and group texts have become common ways for the well-connected to trade seats on private planes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 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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