Sentence examples for has traditionally wielded from inspiring English sources

France, where the président directeur général (combined chief executive and chairman) has traditionally wielded substantial power, is now moving in the British direction: Alcatel, L'Oréal, Renault and Carrefour recently split the roles of chief executive and chairman.

The rule change approved by the court can't be appealed, but lawmakers could pass legislation overturning it, something that unfortunately can't be ruled out given the clout the bail bond industry has traditionally wielded.

He was also backed by AIPAC, a pro-Israel campaign group which has traditionally wielded considerable sway on Capitol Hill.On September 4th the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a draft authorisation of limited military strikes in Syria that would expire after 90 days.

But New York has a powerful teachers' union, vocal community groups and other constituencies that have traditionally wielded influence over the school system.

Speakers have traditionally wielded nearly unquestioned authority over the Assembly, with the ability to pass or block legislation almost at will, and none have been overthrown by their own party in more than 60 years.

This is the new Albany, where the barely-there Democratic majority in the Senate — 32 Democrats, 30 Republicans, 32 votes needed to pass anything — has empowered small groups of rank-and-file lawmakers in ways frustrating to those who have traditionally wielded power on issues as momentous as the future of regional transportation and as parochial as which senator heads which committee.

Weight has traditionally been comic fodder – even, and sometimes especially, by those who wield it.

That being said, with digital savviness comes great responsibility, and for baseball, wielding that power sometimes turns out for the worse, given how the league has traditionally approached digital video — like, say, its approach to content on YouTube.

Poverty has traditionally fed child labor.

The party has traditionally stressed self-sufficiency.

Or so the thinking has traditionally gone.