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
The eternal political problems of legitimacy, accountability, and succession would be solved by a secret board with the power to select and recall the otherwise all-powerful C.E.O. of each sovereign corporation, or SovCorp.
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Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Hoping for everything to go right once in a while underneath an all-powerful general manager is not a recipe for long-term success.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Without the need to glorify all-powerful rulers, the construction of new buildings and monuments stopped.
—Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Streep starred as Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor-in-chief of the fictional Runway magazine.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 May 2025
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Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Hoping for everything to go right once in a while underneath an all-powerful general manager is not a recipe for long-term success.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Without the need to glorify all-powerful rulers, the construction of new buildings and monuments stopped.
—Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Streep starred as Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor-in-chief of the fictional Runway magazine.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-powerful
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Alongside impossibly strong grannies, Dana must also contend with a dangerous prisoner now enjoying some posthumous freedom and a gun-toting drug dynasty with one almighty grudge.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
10 June 2025
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Which leaves it as one of the only periods of recorded music where many classic albums were never released on vinyl, with major record labels opting instead for now antiquated formats like mini disc or cassettes alongside the almighty CD.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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The novel suddenly becomes reality and its omnipotent hero Yu Jung-hyeok (Lee Min-ho) appears before Dok-ja.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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By the way, has Mickey Mouse now been replaced as the most omnipotent rodent in the state by the army of rubber rats Panthers fans have been throwing on the ice?—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2025
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The African Union is set to launch its own credit ratings agency this year to help challenge the establishment with additional transparency for African sovereign ratings.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
1 July 2025
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The company’s pre-IPO investors include Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek.—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“All-powerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-powerful. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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