as in almighty
having unlimited power or authority
that country's monarch was never an all-powerful ruler, but one who shared power with a parliament
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Recent Examples of all-powerful
But by night, Robert immersed himself in a private version of Infinity tricked out to mimic his favorite Star Trek-like TV show and played all-powerful commander to a team of sentient, captive—and miserable—clones of Walton and other co-workers.
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Judy Berman, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
North America has been devastated by war and divided between a decadent, all-powerful Capitol and 12 struggling districts.
—Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
In justifying his actions, some of Musk's powerful Big Tech allies suggest that the only way to run our country more effectively is to install an all-powerful CEO-monarch who can remake the government, entirely free of legal constraints.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Spanish regulators followed a long-standing national tradition of vesting regulatory authority in a single all-powerful administrator, the Bank of Spain, which left the country with no mechanism for correcting policy mistakes.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
North America has been devastated by war and divided between a decadent, all-powerful Capitol and 12 struggling districts.
—Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
In justifying his actions, some of Musk's powerful Big Tech allies suggest that the only way to run our country more effectively is to install an all-powerful CEO-monarch who can remake the government, entirely free of legal constraints.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Spanish regulators followed a long-standing national tradition of vesting regulatory authority in a single all-powerful administrator, the Bank of Spain, which left the country with no mechanism for correcting policy mistakes.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-powerful
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Back in 2020, Dana Walden — then head of Disney TV and now co-chair of Disney Entertainment — negotiated a blockbuster deal to steal the almighty Kardashian clan away from their longtime home, NBCUniversal.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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The Hollywood pair took an almighty punt when deciding to spend £2million buying a club that even its most devoted fans feared would never again experience football’s glories.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, Undertaker plays the omnipotent executioner who can’t quite get Michaels to the chopping block.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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In subsequent retcons and embellishments over the years, before the Big Bang occurred for the seventh round, Galan was infused with the glowing omnipotent essence of the Sentience of the Cosmos to become the immortal being Galactus.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Unlike most of football’s recent risers, Glimt’s ascent has not coincided with a takeover from a billionaire or sovereign wealth fund.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Spanning nearly two decades of work, the exhibition, currently on view at The Whitney Museum of American Art is an assemblage of close to 50 portraits that reimagine the American realist tradition by centering Black subjects in moments of stillness, style, and sovereign presence.—
Najha Zigbi-Johnson,
Essence,
30 Apr. 2025
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“All-powerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-powerful. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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