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Examples of leading light in a Sentence
He is one of the leading lights of the labor movement.
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Miliband recruited a number of its leading lights to work directly for him.
—David Runciman, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2013
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—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Yes, the emerging dispensation has room for a few Rogan-level leading lights.
—Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Tom Brady Can't Have It Both Ways For example, NBA fans always thirsted for its two leading lights, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, to go shot for shot in the Finals.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1707, in the meaning defined above
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“Leading light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leading%20light. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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leading light
noun
: a prominent and influential member (as of a field of study or political movement)
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