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
Charles eventually returns to Earth to help his X-Men defeat Bastion, an all-powerful human and robot Sentinel hybrid, but the team is flung through time in the process.
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
There has been some innuendo that the all-powerful International Cricket Council board will hold an emergency meeting soon, but it is learned that nothing is planned at this stage.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 25 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
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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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
There has been some innuendo that the all-powerful International Cricket Council board will hold an emergency meeting soon, but it is learned that nothing is planned at this stage.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 25 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
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
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But politics is dealing with the unforeseen, and an almighty curveball was looming over the Atlantic.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The YouTube hysteria proved an almighty distraction.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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And whaddya know, another merger requiring approval from Trump et al in order to create a sprawling, omnipotent conglomerate of 265 television stations in 44 states.—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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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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Nigeria is the latest to issue an African sovereign debt note, despite concerns about debt distress on the continent.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Norway's sovereign wealth fund argued that Musk's new shares in the company would diminish existing shares, NBC News reported.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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“All-powerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-powerful. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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