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
And what about the big man himself, Antony Starr, who plays the seemingly all-powerful but curiously stunted Homelander?
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ABC News, 20 May 2026
Apparently, the gruff fighter Johnny Cage wasn’t much of a match for the all-powerful Miranda Priestly.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 10 May 2026
Baranov is modeled primarily on Surkov, the all-powerful deputy chief of Kremlin staff, but the character also stands in for the hundreds of TV producers, spin doctors, and politicians who worked for him.
—Andrew Ryvkin, Air Mail, 9 May 2026
Their collective voice was all-powerful.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
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ABC News, 20 May 2026
Apparently, the gruff fighter Johnny Cage wasn’t much of a match for the all-powerful Miranda Priestly.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 10 May 2026
Baranov is modeled primarily on Surkov, the all-powerful deputy chief of Kremlin staff, but the character also stands in for the hundreds of TV producers, spin doctors, and politicians who worked for him.
—Andrew Ryvkin, Air Mail, 9 May 2026
Their collective voice was all-powerful.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for all-powerful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-powerful
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The World Cup remains a sporting event but offers an almighty business opportunity for many sectors.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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When Stagg’s calculations lead him to conclude that an almighty storm is set to break on June 5, 1944 — the day originally earmarked for the Normandy landings — after a long period of balmy calm, potentially scuppering the entire vast project, his simple but urgent advice is to wait a day.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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Jurors are not asked to be omnipotent.—
Sonali Chakravarti,
The Conversation,
5 May 2026
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Besotted Rob’s surprise plan was to propose to Bethany in Paris — as revealed to us in omnipotent voice-over (by Jacek Zubiel) that fills in the feelings and backstories of our protagonists.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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On the last earnings call, CEO Jitendra Mohan stressed that hyperscalers, AI labels and sovereign entities are all signaling the buildout is still in the early innings, underpinned by real monetization, and return on investment — not on speculative demand.—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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The promise of sovereign AI is that a country can keep its models, data, and compute power at home.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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“All-powerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-powerful. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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