as in almighty
having unlimited power or authority
that country's monarch was never an all-powerful ruler, but one who shared power with a parliament
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Recent Examples of all-powerful
There’s a Shakespearean grandeur to David King, the all-powerful New York music-label boss who’s famous for his unerring ability to spot rising talent.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
The more insidious threats are the stealthy startups that seemingly couldn’t pose a real threat to a company run by one of these all-powerful leaders.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Having once held sway over New York’s all-powerful Democratic Party, Koch had lost the support of all but the most conservative Democratic clubs in Queens and Staten Island.
—Jonathan Mahler, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2025
More subtly, Leo XIII believed that the erosion of church and family created a dangerous vacuum filled by an increasingly pervasive and all-powerful nexus of secular economic and political power.
—R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
The more insidious threats are the stealthy startups that seemingly couldn’t pose a real threat to a company run by one of these all-powerful leaders.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Having once held sway over New York’s all-powerful Democratic Party, Koch had lost the support of all but the most conservative Democratic clubs in Queens and Staten Island.
—Jonathan Mahler, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2025
More subtly, Leo XIII believed that the erosion of church and family created a dangerous vacuum filled by an increasingly pervasive and all-powerful nexus of secular economic and political power.
—R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-powerful
Adjective
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My initial plan was to serve as Carnage’s carnival barker by jumping out and loudly announcing his almighty presence.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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Technology and the almighty algorithms keep many musicians under their thumb, and only the malleable prosper.—
Waylon Barnes,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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They have been denounced as lecherous predators and as omnipotent conspirators, as arch-Bolsheviks and arch-capitalists.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Today, those who build these nearly omnipotent algorithms are still possessed of a human conscience.—
Tyler Johnson,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and institutional investors have a role to play in seeding this layer of the market, just as crossover funds have done in the US.—
Aman Ghei,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund recently dropped several Israeli investments.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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“All-powerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-powerful. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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