How to Use stakeholder in a Sentence

stakeholder

noun
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  • The crew is now out of work, and stakeholders in the film still need to be paid.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The biggest stakeholders for the major card brands are the issuers of the cards — banks.
    — Dustin Eide, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In 2016, Thai Union became a stakeholder in the seafood chain.
    — Austin Fuller, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Needs and stakeholder goals can change quickly, and the team might need to push on, even if the road ahead looks rocky.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
  • At Cabin 90, the names of some of the hundred and twenty or so stakeholders are etched into the front steps.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • In the process of value creation, don’t forget to keep stakeholders in the loop, the research suggests.
    — Bysheryl Estrada, Fortune, 11 July 2023
  • That has been a contentious process, exposing a rift between the sport's stakeholders, some of whom aren't keen to add a new fish to the pond.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
  • That in the long term, over years, decades, the interests of shareholders and the interests of the stakeholders converge.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2023
  • At the time of the all-stock purchase, Musk was SolarCity's largest stakeholder and its chairman.
    — Tom Krisher, ajc, 12 July 2021
  • At the time of the all-stock purchase, Musk was SolarCity’s largest stakeholder and its chairman.
    — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Build more roads, add lanes to existing roads, suggest the stakeholders in the growth — those selling things.
    — Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Ryckman and his mystery stakeholders are betting the time is right.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Both could lead to the same result of forcing Chinese stakeholders to sell off their shares in the company.
    — Jeff Stein, Cat Zakrzewski, Drew Harwell and Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The preferences of each of these stakeholders will need to be understood and balanced.
    — François Candelon, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Local stakeholder groups are eager to get a snapshot of the impact to them before piles of snow hide the damage.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Seidler purchased part of Fowler’s share of the team to become the largest stakeholder — and to assume the role of chairman from Fowler — in November 2020.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022
  • How do this product and its maker consider the Earth and all stakeholders?
    — By sunset, Sunset Magazine, 3 May 2023
  • This is not the first time Dunleavy has vetoed a bill with broad support from lawmakers and stakeholders.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Rivers is a stakeholder to some degree in the utility of veteran guards league-wide.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Qatar Airways is the third-largest stakeholder of Cathay Pacific.
    — Alice Huang, Bloomberg.com, 18 Dec. 2021
  • But with stakeholders still at odds, the talks are expected to resume at an unnamed venue, sometime in 2025.
    — Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Of course, there’s some business involved as well, and MacFarlane is also a brand stakeholder in this new whiskey that launched this past May.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Critics question whether the bank plays a quasi-public role that lends itself to a growing number of stakeholders.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • The week of June 14: stakeholder capitalism and fascism, tax leaks, antitrust, and much, much, more.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 20 June 2021
  • At the same time, Amazon could become a stakeholder in Grubhub's business.
    — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 6 July 2022
  • Because of the many stakeholders, not to mention the 16 states involved in the conversation, changes often happen at a glacial pace.
    — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
  • Under the deal, MacFarlane will serve as a brand stakeholder and act as its chief storyteller.
    — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2022
  • To practice this, divide a stakeholder group into two teams.
    — Dustin Snyder, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Related Stories Retailers and other supply chain stakeholders have been hopeful a new deal will be ironed out.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025
  • There's also the question of how Seward will handle creditor Oxygen Funding – which claims it's owed some $2.2 million by Onyx – as well as major stakeholders who hold nearly 40% of shares in the business.
    — New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025

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