kingmaker
noun
king·mak·er
ˈkiŋ-ˌmā-kər 
: one having great influence over the choice of candidates for political office
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Kinahan was now a boxing kingmaker.
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
In Jerzy Kosinski’s 1971 novel Being There, a simple gardener named Chance is mistaken for a political guru and quickly wows the Washington D.C. power brokers and kingmakers.
—Andrew Ervin
october 3, Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
As with General Electric—a once-prolific CEO factory whose dominance has since waned—the question now is whether McKinsey’s golden age as a corporate kingmaker can endure, especially as artificial intelligence reshapes the very foundation of consulting.
—Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025
One-time Republican kingmaker and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Cybertruck electric vehicles were torched in March.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
In Jerzy Kosinski’s 1971 novel Being There, a simple gardener named Chance is mistaken for a political guru and quickly wows the Washington D.C. power brokers and kingmakers.
—Andrew Ervin
october 3, Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
As with General Electric—a once-prolific CEO factory whose dominance has since waned—the question now is whether McKinsey’s golden age as a corporate kingmaker can endure, especially as artificial intelligence reshapes the very foundation of consulting.
—Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025
One-time Republican kingmaker and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Cybertruck electric vehicles were torched in March.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Kingmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kingmaker. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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