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Recent Examples of mover and shaker
Many Illinois movers and shakers have shifted focus from state issues to national and global matters that affect their businesses.
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Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
But Izzard has a way of making the movers and shakers at Elsinore seem as familiar as workplace colleagues.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2026
Some of the Musk fanbase might cheer loudly, seeing him as the absolute mover and shaker.
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Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
31 Dec. 2025
But as a company, Ziggi’s is a mover and shaker.
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Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mover and shaker
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
But Izzard has a way of making the movers and shakers at Elsinore seem as familiar as workplace colleagues.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2026
Some of the Musk fanbase might cheer loudly, seeing him as the absolute mover and shaker.
—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
31 Dec. 2025
But as a company, Ziggi’s is a mover and shaker.
—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mover and shaker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mover and shaker
Noun
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His fat cat industrialist Zsa-Zsa Korda is no underground rebel.
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The fat cats in Congress who’ve been making a killing on Wall Street were none too pleased.
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Thibodeau is a big boy, and Dolan is still paying him a lot of money from that $30 million extension signed in the summer of 2024.
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But taking on one of Wall Street’s big boys, and then getting squashed for it, ranks right up there.
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The car's quirky appearance is enhanced by a sporty body kit and big wheels that are pushed to the farthest edges.
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More Coloradans are seeing the big wheel spin in their favor each year.
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The Minnesota Wild’s big guns showed up in a big way Saturday night, and the Avs looked wobbly for the first time in this tournament in a 5-1 loss in Game 3 at Grand Casino Arena.
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Against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, Wrexham twice raced into a two-goal lead only for the half-time of introduction of the Premier League’s ‘big guns’ to underline how far the Welsh club still has to go if their owners’ top flight ambitions are to be realised.
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Andy Green is set to be the Mets’ main man for the remainder of the season, tapped as the interim manager following Friday’s firing of Carlos Mendoza.
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Crucially for England, their main man, Harry Kane, got off the mark scoring twice.
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But a big cheese board affords the chance for people to try something new.
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So for decades only accredited scholars, the occasional journalist and big cheeses got to see inside.
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Adrien Brody, Hoda Kotb and Gayle King were among the other notables.
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There are plenty of notables on the Directing ballot, too.
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Geoffrey Lechantoux is responsible for the French-seafood-heavy menu.
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Most standard blends are nitrogen-heavy, which encourages leaf growth instead of fruit.
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“Mover and shaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mover%20and%20shaker. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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