world power

noun

: a political unit (such as a nation or state) powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions

Examples of world power in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Raisi, 63, was elected president at the second attempt in 2021, and since taking office has ordered a tightening of morality laws, overseen a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests and pushed hard in nuclear talks with world powers. USA TODAY, 19 May 2024 Rounding out the democratic world powers, Ménochet’s French President Sylvain Broulez is a grandiloquent blowhard who probably talks more than Japan’s reticent Tatsuro Iwasaki (Takehiro Hira) and Italy’s bumbling beta-male Antonio Lamorte (Rolando Ravello) combined. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for world power 

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Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of world power was in 1855

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“World power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world%20power. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.

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