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Recent Examples of firepower Moreover, the regime still has sufficient firepower to damage Gulf oil infrastructure and imperil commercial shipping. Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025 It is widely thought that Israel did not have the firepower to target the Fordow nuclear site, where Iran's been enriching uranium and which is buried inside a mountain. CBS News, 22 June 2025 Additionally, by choosing intermediary servers known to generate responses that are in some cases thousands of times bigger than the originating request, attackers can magnify the firepower available to them by a thousandfold or more. ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025 Despite the firepower, the Liberty struggled with sputtering offense since the superteam formed in 2023. Fiifi Frimpong, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for firepower
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Noun
  • Why Tacit Knowledge Often Isn't Shared Despite its power, tacit knowledge rarely flows freely.
    Wayne Yu, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Start half strength liquid fertilizer applications weekly after the seeds germinate.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
  • Even these young players already have major tournament experience — a huge strength given their tough group.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Low energy is also frequently reported among folks with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)—a disorder that causes hormonal imbalances, irregular periods, and other symptoms like excessive hair growth and acne.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 23 June 2025
  • Any final decision to close the waterway rests with the country's national security council, and its possibility has raised the specter of higher energy prices and aggravated geopolitical tensions, with Washington calling upon Beijing to prevent the strait's closure.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • For example, digital and advanced load board usage is now a staple in auto transport, but new capabilities are being developed in real time.
    Bek Abdullayev, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Those assets, along with U.S. surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, will presumably provide Western planners with advance notice if Iran attempts to rebuild its atomic weapons program.
    The Editors, National Review, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • As muscular as Lewis-Parry already is, special makeup effects supervisor John Nolan added even more muscles on top of his massive frame, especially to his back.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 21 June 2025
  • Your core includes the muscles that surround your spine, from your abdominals to your lower back.
    Katie Camero, SELF, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • However, with Venus retrograde moving from Aries to Pisces on the 27th, you may be forced to acknowledge what’s outside of your capacity.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
  • Braun will stick around in an executive advisory capacity, serving as director of the board and senior advisor to HYBE chairman/CEO Bang Si-Hyuk.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025

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“Firepower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firepower. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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