great power
noun
often capitalized G&P
: one of the nations that figure most decisively in international affairs : superpower
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The Targaryen dragons symbolized their godlike status as rulers for over a hundred years, so killing a symbol of their great power is a bad sign to the already starving populace.
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Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 15 July 2024
For Modi, Russia remains a crucial source of weaponry and energy and space technology that India sees as indispensable in becoming a great power.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
With great power competition heating up worldwide, this could translate to big trouble.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 6 July 2024
This leaves us with a pretty disturbing domestic picture in a world in which the other four big forces (debt/money/economics, international great power conflict, acts of nature/climate, and new technologies) will likely also be disruptive to the existing world order.
—Ray Dalio, TIME, 28 June 2024
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Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 15 July 2024
For Modi, Russia remains a crucial source of weaponry and energy and space technology that India sees as indispensable in becoming a great power.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
With great power competition heating up worldwide, this could translate to big trouble.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 6 July 2024
This leaves us with a pretty disturbing domestic picture in a world in which the other four big forces (debt/money/economics, international great power conflict, acts of nature/climate, and new technologies) will likely also be disruptive to the existing world order.
—Ray Dalio, TIME, 28 June 2024
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