as in power
the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task
right now the President doesn't have the political firepower to push his programs through Congress
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Recent Examples of firepower
The Panthers in practice on Friday ran Bennett with Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Reinhart on his wings, a line with firepower a one that hasn’t played a whole lot together at five-on-five.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Boyd didn’t have much offensive firepower around him and increasingly became a ball-dominant guard, particularly after Gwath went down injured in mid-February.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
With political and military pressure rising across the strait, Taiwan’s push to modernize its artillery may be a quietly decisive step, giving its ground forces reliable, networked, precision firepower that can hold territory and buy time in a high-intensity conflict.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
And the Patriots don’t have enough offensive firepower to willingly part with a legitimate NFL starter, taking fumbles out of the equation.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Boyd didn’t have much offensive firepower around him and increasingly became a ball-dominant guard, particularly after Gwath went down injured in mid-February.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
With political and military pressure rising across the strait, Taiwan’s push to modernize its artillery may be a quietly decisive step, giving its ground forces reliable, networked, precision firepower that can hold territory and buy time in a high-intensity conflict.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
And the Patriots don’t have enough offensive firepower to willingly part with a legitimate NFL starter, taking fumbles out of the equation.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firepower
Noun
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Hanke relates that it was riddled with loopholes that handed the Banco Central de la República Argentina discretionary monetary powers.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Linebacker Zaire Franklin could not care less about the Colts’ strength of schedule.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Another important strength of the category may look at first like a contradiction.—
Rebecca Ackermann,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His big, bright smile, infectious energy and eternal positivity created a presence that continually uplifted others.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Oct. 2025
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But sure enough, the artist born Frederick John Philip Gibson enlisted Amy Taylor and company for his drum n’ bass-inflected latest single, harnessing the group’s energy and then exploding it with Gesaffelstein-like sirens and typically all-over-the-place vocal triggers.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Otherwise, the features and capabilities of Yubico's Bio keys are the same as the $29 Editors' Choice-award-winning Yubico Security Key C NFC.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 Oct. 2025
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Future plans include linking these with hydrogen technologies to expand capabilities from short-term balancing to seasonal storage.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His muscles will be worn to the fiber, asked to consistently chase and brake and crowd some of the league’s best perimeter players.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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And this inflatable water mat makes tummy time a blast, while helping little ones develop better balance and stronger core muscles.—
Anja Webb,
Parents,
7 Oct. 2025
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Late public school buses and needing to take care of an occasionally sick child, along with at capacity or costly child care centers, contributed to her precarious employment.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Bridgestone, on the other hand, has a capacity of 20,000.—
Melonee Hurt,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Firepower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firepower. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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