sphere of influence
noun phrase
: a territorial area within which the political influence or the interests of one nation are held to be more or less paramount
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This would mark another step away from American hegemony and toward a world with various spheres of influence.
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Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
This means organizing the world into distinct spheres of influence, boundaries that demarcate the spaces where a great power has the right to practice unfettered expansion and domination.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Which is why the Iraqi government is cheering on the talks in public and is pushing the diplomacy in private with key allies Washington and Tehran, whose spheres of influence clash in Iraq.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
Soon enough, his sphere of influence will spread further.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
This means organizing the world into distinct spheres of influence, boundaries that demarcate the spaces where a great power has the right to practice unfettered expansion and domination.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Which is why the Iraqi government is cheering on the talks in public and is pushing the diplomacy in private with key allies Washington and Tehran, whose spheres of influence clash in Iraq.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
Soon enough, his sphere of influence will spread further.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Sphere of influence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sphere%20of%20influence. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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