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ˈlɒb i ɪstlob·by·ist

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lobbyistnoun

    someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer

Wiktionary

  1. lobbyistnoun

    A person remunerated to persuade (to lobby) politicians to vote in a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.

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  1. lobbyist

    A lobbyist is a person or group who influences or seeks to influence political decisions by advocating for a specific cause or interest, often in legislation or policy-making processes. They typically represent organizations, special interest groups or corporations, and engage in activities such as making campaign contributions, communicating with government officials, or organizing public awareness campaigns.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lobbyistnoun

    a member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lobbyist in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lobbyist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of lobbyist in a Sentence

  1. Olivia Nuzzi:

    In September, Corey Lewandowskitold Politico, ‘ Get your facts right... I have nothing to do with Turnberry Solutions. ’ Mr. Corey Lewandowski, who hasn't been registered as a lobbyist since 2011, reportedly signed a noncompete when Corey Lewandowski departed Corey Lewandowski firm, Avenue Strategies, in May 2017, which prevents Corey Lewandowski from lobbying or directing others to lobby for foreign or domestic clients for a year, according to Corey Lewandowski former partner there, so it's very interesting that Corey Lewandowski refers to the offices of Turnberry Solutions, in Corey Lewandowski statement to Fox News, as ‘ my office. ’ If Corey Lewandowski has nothing to do with Turnberry Solutions, why would Corey Lewandowski be in a position to grant or deny anyone permission to enter offices belonging to Turnberry Solutions ?

  2. Corey Stewart:

    Ed Gillespie is a 30-year revolving door lobbyist.

  3. Donald Trump:

    Let’s be clear on one thing, the corporate media in our country is no longer involved in journalism – they are a political special interest no different from a lobbyist.

  4. Lars Dalseide:

    The proposed rule would do nothing to address violent crime, while further burdening law-abiding gun owners and the lawful firearm industry with overbroad regulations, the ATF Director would be given an incredible amount of power under the proposed rule. With President Biden's nomination of gun control lobbyist and gun ban proponent David Chipman to head the ATF, this rule could give agun control extremist the ability to destroy the American firearms industry.

  5. Donald Trump:

    And I would say what he did, some of the charges they threw against him, every consultant, every lobbyist in Washington probably does, if you look at Hillary Clinton's person, you take a look at the people that worked for Hillary Clinton, I mean look at the crimes that Hillary Clinton did, with the emails and Hillary Clinton deletes 33,000 emails after Hillary Clinton gets a subpoena from Congress and this Justice Department does nothing about it ? And all of the other crimes that they've done.

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