lobbying

noun

as in influencing

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Recent Examples of lobbying The final agreement omitted references to lobbying, with Vincer’s agency, Notorious, signing the contract with Tether as an intermediary for Nxum. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 And could all this lobbying backfire into an NCAA super-union? — Pablo Torre Laura Newcombe, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 PACs help PACs, too Rounding out the list is South Florida Vision, a PAC managed by local lawyer and lobbyist Jose Fuentes and funded by various lobbying clients. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 The council urged the Muslim diaspora in America to accordingly develop its own lobbying infrastructure that will work to further the Palestinian cause. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026 California sought to adopt a price cap law this year as well, though the bill, which faced extensive lobbying from ticket resale platform StubHub, had failed. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026 Along with the Washington lobbying firm working for Atiku, a different organization retained by the Nigerian government has targeted Greenspan online. — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026 But as sellers of these accounts beef up their lobbying power to expand the market, the distinction between what is and isn’t covered starts to sound silly. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 7 Oct. 2026 Policymakers also face intense lobbying pressure from Flock and other technology companies to keep using their products and systems. — Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobbying
  1. influencing
  2. pressuring
  3. prompting
  4. swaying
  5. brainwashing
Noun
  • Suleiman Sami’s business, S Sami Services LLC, provides transportation services, event ticket sales and social media influencing.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • 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
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
  • The researchers’ solution was to stop relying only on what the person was physically asking, either by action or direct prompting, and instead receive confirmation from the brain itself.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026
  • These episodes have heightened fears about AI agents taking actions without human prompting.
    — Deven Desai, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of prompting
Noun
  • The new Chandelier sandal, characterized by its serpent-spiral shape, is hand embroidered with more than 170 swaying drop beads made from multifaceted or transparent crystals.
    — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • 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
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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