as in power
the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task
right now the President doesn't have the political firepower to push his programs through Congress
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Recent Examples of firepower
Meanwhile, county officials will need to save all their firepower to fight a ruinous plan to slash funding the county depends on for essential functions like emergency services.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Preseason expectations had Milton reaching this stage again, loaded with firepower.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
United are blessed with attacking firepower and have more time to prepare between matches compared to their rivals.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
But the Wildcats had just a little more firepower at the end as Mizzou fell 78-72.
—Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Preseason expectations had Milton reaching this stage again, loaded with firepower.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
United are blessed with attacking firepower and have more time to prepare between matches compared to their rivals.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
But the Wildcats had just a little more firepower at the end as Mizzou fell 78-72.
—Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firepower
Noun
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The star power between the United States and Dominican Republic arguably rivaled any matchup seen on a baseball diamond before.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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Some runways really have that brain chemistry-altering power, and the spectacle that Marc Jacobs created for the Louis Vuitton fall 2012 show is one such example.—
Rosie Jarman,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
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Finally, the defanging of the Iranian menace would also significantly augment the collective strength and abilities of the West with respect to China, which relies heavily on Iranian oil.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Before starting a new exercise program, Culbertson advised seeing a doctor or a physical therapist to make sure there’s nothing neurological causing your loss of grip strength.—
Danielle Zickl,
Health,
12 Mar. 2026
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White House officials said the Biden-era energy efficiency mandates in HUD and Agriculture departments' guidelines could add up to $9,000 to housing construction costs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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This means that even if a fault-tolerant quantum computer becomes available, QPE could still struggle with large molecules because the chance of successfully extracting the correct energy becomes vanishingly small.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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Raytheon’s project, valued at $115 million, aims to strengthen the company’s missile production capabilities and support growing global defense requirements.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Military campaigns of this kind—especially those aimed not only at degrading military capability but also at creating conditions for political change—unfold in phases.—
Richard Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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While many inside Canada’s national team originally anticipated Davies returning to the national team later this month after the muscle fiber issue, his latest injury has derailed those plans.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Texas Tech star Christian Anderson strained a muscle after slipping in his team’s blowout loss to Iowa State on Thursday.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Production plans call for an initial deployment of dozens of units this year, scaling to thousands annually as manufacturing capacity expands.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Through a long-term agreement, the battery storage facility will provide resource adequacy capacity to Pacific Gas & Electric Company and help support California’s reliability and clean-energy goals.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Firepower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firepower. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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