war power
noun
: the power to make war
specifically
: an extraordinary power exercised usually by the executive branch of a government in the prosecution of a war
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The Senate is expected to bring up a war powers resolution again this week.
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Caroline Linton, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Lawmakers there narrowly defeated a Venezuela war powers resolution 211-213 in December.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2026
The framers did not distribute war powers this way out of procedural fussiness.
—Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Later in the segment, Paul clarified his opinion that the president’s war powers are less about the declaration of war and more about the execution of war.
—Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 6 Jan. 2026
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Caroline Linton, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Lawmakers there narrowly defeated a Venezuela war powers resolution 211-213 in December.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2026
The framers did not distribute war powers this way out of procedural fussiness.
—Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Later in the segment, Paul clarified his opinion that the president’s war powers are less about the declaration of war and more about the execution of war.
—Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 6 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for war power
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“War power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20power. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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