power broker

noun

: a person (as in politics) able to exert strong influence through control of votes or individuals

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True to Trump form, allies of the president didn’t back down, from Vice President JD Vance to new White House cabinet secretaries and powerful figures in the world of the markets who now overlap with the power brokers in the nation’s capital. Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025 Influencers are now morphing from content creators to cultural power brokers. Jeffrey Edell, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025 However, for critics, his appearance embodied the troubling trend of celebrity figures aligning themselves with Silicon Valley’s new class of power brokers, often at the expense of the very communities their music once spoke for. Shelby Stewart, Essence, 20 Jan. 2025 The sport’s power brokers expect to examine the value of conference championship games in the future as well — a separate but related topic. Nicole Auerbach, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for power broker 

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of power broker was in 1961

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“Power broker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20broker. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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