Vocabulary
Clout
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
influence or power, especially in politics or business
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Above all, laws must be enforced against hotels, housing and roadside markets on riverbanks, regardless of any clout behind them.
- Stiff resistance by MNAs and MPAs, who fear losing their clout, has prevented the completion of devolution.
- As part of several investigations into the developer`s activities, this publication came across scores of accounts of citizens who had been rendered helpless by Bahria Town`s immense clout and heft.
- This further lowers India`s clout.
- That the industry, notorious for wielding its enormous political clout to profiteer, manipulate policy and steal taxes, has pulled this off again is not just scandalous, it also exposes the deeper malaise of governance failure.
Synonyms
influence, power, pull, weight, sway, leverage, control
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