lobbying

noun

as in influencing

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Recent Examples of lobbying Emails indicate his hotel room was paid for by the lobbying group. — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026 The bill would void any existing lobbyists’ certification immediately if they are convicted of corruption and require them to withdraw their lobbying registration with the Fair Political Practices Commission immediately after conviction. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026 However, the reaction on Capitol Hill — where Coupang has mounted an extensive lobbying effort — has not been universal outrage. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 Lobbying blitz on Capitol Hill A dizzying array of new lobbying groups have also popped up on both sides. — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 Before the Medicaid cuts passed, a huge lobbying campaign to spare hospitals didn’t stop the law — and the cuts in some ways became more severe as lobbyists pressed lawmakers to reel them back. — Daniel Payne, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026 As YouTube faces heightened scrutiny in Brussels, the lecture also had some lobbying purposes. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 The News Companies that do business with Canada, and the lawmakers who represent them, are ramping up their lobbying for carveouts from new US tariffs on Canada. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Pasture conditions started to deteriorate significantly in 2020, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, an agriculture industry lobbying group. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobbying
  1. influencing
  2. pressuring
  3. prompting
  4. swaying
  5. brainwashing
Noun
  • When students graduate, they'll be prepared for roles in content strategy, digital influencing, brand development, social media management and audience engagement across industries.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Nicolas Matthew Scelfo of Brooklyn, New York, faces up to 10 years in prison after being charged with influencing, impeding, and retaliating against a federal officer by threat.
    — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 10 June 2026
Definition of influencing
Noun
  • The first drills Monday focused on rebounding, the next half-dozen on various aspects of their pressuring, helping, swarming, trapping defense.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
  • As the two wander around the museum—one pressuring, the other deflecting—the novel portrays their professed enmity as underscored by the force of attraction, even of love.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
Definition of pressuring
Noun
  • An agentic system pursues a goal across multiple steps—retrieving data, calling APIs, applying business rules, making decisions and handing off exceptions—with limited human prompting along the way.
    — Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • That’s the future Google and other tech giants predict, with AI agents soon handling tasks on our phones without constant prompting, potentially freeing us up to do other things.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of prompting
Noun
  • Gerber was just 18 at the time, and appeared in the cover swaying and singing with Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026
  • To me, what emerges from this swaying feels more natural than simply forging ahead with a predetermined, easily understood logic.
    — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of swaying
Noun
  • Backstabbing, scheming, secret children showing up to cause trouble, brainwashing, amnesia, terrorist massacres at weddings, and shoulder pads… so, so many shoulder pads.
    — Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Advertisement Hank then explains why the mainframe of the entire brainwashing system was routed through the head of Representative Welch (Martha Kelly).
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of brainwashing

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“Lobbying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobbying. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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