Sentence examples for critical player in from inspiring English sources

As both Judiciary Committee chair and a past critic of the NSA's data collection programs, Grassley is considered a particularly critical player in the battle over reform.

He was the critical player in securing endorsements of three major unions.

Iraq was never the critical player in the Middle East, but it is now.

PNG is still a strategically critical player in evolving geopolitics in the Pacific.

India is a critical player in the climate change talks, if one in a complicated position.

At a minimum it will be a critical player in the bargaining that follows Ireland's next political contest.

Richter is a critical player in the Rangers' playoff hopes, but the team is going nowhere without a rejuvenated Eric Lindros.

Conroy is a central figure in Labor politics, a critical player in the party's right wing and a figure with the institutional authority to fix problems for Shorten.

The president called Holbrooke "a towering figure in American foreign policy" who has been a critical player in developing the administration's policy on Afghanistan.

Proof of this fundamental transformation can be found in Beijing's rapid rise as a critical player in resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis.

A critical player in the development of Austrian Expressionism, Schiele had a successful career as an artist, but it was not without controversy.