great power
noun
variants
often Great Power
: one of the nations that figure most decisively in international affairs : superpower
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Intelligence gives power, potentially highly concentrated, and with great power comes great responsibility.
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Yoshua Bengio, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Okamoto and Murakami are both great power hitters and could be options at first or third base for teams this winter.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
One cannot overstate the role the United States—and Trump personally—plays in validating Russia as a great power and Putin as a global leader.
—Thomas Graham, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2025
From the beginning, the game held great power — Ottoman rulers even banned it, though Galatasaray players kept it alive.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
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Yoshua Bengio, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Okamoto and Murakami are both great power hitters and could be options at first or third base for teams this winter.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
One cannot overstate the role the United States—and Trump personally—plays in validating Russia as a great power and Putin as a global leader.
—Thomas Graham, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2025
From the beginning, the game held great power — Ottoman rulers even banned it, though Galatasaray players kept it alive.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for great power
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“Great power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great%20power. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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