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
There’s a Shakespearean grandeur to David King, the all-powerful New York music-label boss who’s famous for his unerring ability to spot rising talent.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
The more insidious threats are the stealthy startups that seemingly couldn’t pose a real threat to a company run by one of these all-powerful leaders.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Having once held sway over New York’s all-powerful Democratic Party, Koch had lost the support of all but the most conservative Democratic clubs in Queens and Staten Island.
—Jonathan Mahler, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2025
More subtly, Leo XIII believed that the erosion of church and family created a dangerous vacuum filled by an increasingly pervasive and all-powerful nexus of secular economic and political power.
—R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
The more insidious threats are the stealthy startups that seemingly couldn’t pose a real threat to a company run by one of these all-powerful leaders.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Having once held sway over New York’s all-powerful Democratic Party, Koch had lost the support of all but the most conservative Democratic clubs in Queens and Staten Island.
—Jonathan Mahler, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2025
More subtly, Leo XIII believed that the erosion of church and family created a dangerous vacuum filled by an increasingly pervasive and all-powerful nexus of secular economic and political power.
—R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-powerful
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Putting your life up online — and on one of the biggest streaming platforms in the world — is an occupation that requires an almighty thick skin.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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Only a sucker would think the curtain close of the Eras Tour marked the end of Swift’s almighty reign in the pop sphere.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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And whaddya know, another merger requiring approval from Trump et al in order to create a sprawling, omnipotent conglomerate of 265 television stations in 44 states.—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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They have been denounced as lecherous predators and as omnipotent conspirators, as arch-Bolsheviks and arch-capitalists.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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And, unlike sovereign assets, bitcoin carries no risk of default and no exposure to a single government’s fiscal or political decisions.—
Luke Xie,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Following recent announcements by Britain, France and others, around 150 United Nations member countries officially acknowledge the state of Palestine, reflecting a near-global consensus that two sovereign nations represent the only viable path to peace.—
Muhammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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“All-powerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-powerful. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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