power struggle
noun
: a fight for control
The power struggle between the two owners destroyed the company.
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The fight is symbolic of a larger power struggle playing out in liberal cities and states like New York and California.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Dialogue is the biggest clue that Lanthimos didn’t write this uproarious, withering dark comedy about a power struggle within the court of Queen Anne.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Admittedly, some kind of power struggle might challenge your way of doing things.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Their origins date back to the 1930s, when a bloody power struggle among crime families in New York, known as the Castellammarese War, took place, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
—Dan Gallo, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Dialogue is the biggest clue that Lanthimos didn’t write this uproarious, withering dark comedy about a power struggle within the court of Queen Anne.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Admittedly, some kind of power struggle might challenge your way of doing things.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Their origins date back to the 1930s, when a bloody power struggle among crime families in New York, known as the Castellammarese War, took place, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
—Dan Gallo, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for power struggle
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“Power struggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20struggle. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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