world power
noun
: a political unit (such as a nation or state) powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions
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When, after the post-war years of austerity and misery, the country established itself once again in the 1960s as a world power to be reckoned with, thanks to the dual strengths of the canny Prime Minister Harold Wilson and the telegenic young Queen.
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Alexander Larman, TIME, 5 May 2024
But in 2015, Iran struck a nuclear deal with world powers which greatly reduced and drastically lowered the purity of Tehran’s stockpile of enriched uranium.
—Mehdi Fattahi, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
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Alexander Larman, TIME, 5 May 2024
But in 2015, Iran struck a nuclear deal with world powers which greatly reduced and drastically lowered the purity of Tehran’s stockpile of enriched uranium.
—Mehdi Fattahi, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
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“World power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world%20power. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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