plural machers
: a powerful, influential person
His business partner at the agency is the operatically colorful macher Ari Emanuel, and they know more than almost anyone about how to use tabloid ink to boost a client or break a competitor.—
Amy Chozick
Amy ChozickBorn in 1948, I am part of the baby boomer generation, and while I was not a macher, I played a role, albeit a small one, in both my Orthodox community and the broader American Jewish world.—Joseph R. Rackman
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With film production in post-strike, post-pandemic Hollywood estimated to be down by as much as 40 percent and widespread anxiety over dwindling revenues and audience interest, many industry machers remain more concerned with surviving another financial quarter than thriving under Trump 2.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Developed by the Brooklyn real-estate macher Joseph Brunner, whose Bruman Realty rental empire extends from Bed-Stuy to Bushwick to Downtown Brooklyn, it’s uniquely designed explicitly for one religious community, the Satmar Hasidim of Brooklyn.
—Talia Lavin, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2024
These organizations, which are all full of movers and machers, have become a formidable bloc of support for the Harris-Walz campaign.
—Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Now, LaVey was on Summit Drive, mingling with music-industry machers, Hollywood heavies, and Davis’ nearest and dearest.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
The two leaders identified key safety concerns to address urgently: traffic, violence, drugs. — VALLEY PASSING: Former Police Commission president and San Fernando Valley automotive macher Bert Boeckmann has died at 92.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
Chino is a good kid who one day is asked a favor by Willie Bodega, the local macher.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Developed by the Brooklyn real-estate macher Joseph Brunner, whose Bruman Realty rental empire extends from Bed-Stuy to Bushwick to Downtown Brooklyn, it’s uniquely designed explicitly for one religious community, the Satmar Hasidim of Brooklyn.
—Talia Lavin, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2024
These organizations, which are all full of movers and machers, have become a formidable bloc of support for the Harris-Walz campaign.
—Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Now, LaVey was on Summit Drive, mingling with music-industry machers, Hollywood heavies, and Davis’ nearest and dearest.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
The two leaders identified key safety concerns to address urgently: traffic, violence, drugs. — VALLEY PASSING: Former Police Commission president and San Fernando Valley automotive macher Bert Boeckmann has died at 92.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
Chino is a good kid who one day is asked a favor by Willie Bodega, the local macher.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
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“Macher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macher. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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