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
Vegas’ most obvious need, after bowing out of the playoffs in the second round to Edmonton, is offensive firepower on the wing, and Marner fits that perfectly.
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Jesse Granger, New York Times, 28 June 2025
The challenge now is to translate that ambitious target into deployable firepower fast enough to meet the threat.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
For warm days that don’t require so much firepower, a 9-inch Vornado 630 circulator fan selling for $59.99 could do the trick.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
For the longest time, this kind of technological firepower remained locked away in institutional vaults.
—Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Jesse Granger, New York Times, 28 June 2025
The challenge now is to translate that ambitious target into deployable firepower fast enough to meet the threat.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
For warm days that don’t require so much firepower, a 9-inch Vornado 630 circulator fan selling for $59.99 could do the trick.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
For the longest time, this kind of technological firepower remained locked away in institutional vaults.
—Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firepower
Noun
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Part of the reason for this gap between power users and typical users is the route by which students have become aware of ChatGPT.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Trump has the power to pardon Maxwell or to commute her sentence.—
Aysha Bagchi,
The Courier-Journal,
30 July 2025
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Only two years prior, Zoe highlighted the strength of their bond while celebrating their 31st anniversary.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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That study showed that the AI interaction significantly reduced the strength of those beliefs, even two months later.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Nuclear energy is a form of energy released from the nucleus of an atom.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Origins Of The Blaze The modern contours of FIRE can be traced to Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez’s seminal work Your Money or Your Life, which proposes that every dollar exchanged is a slice of your life energy.—
Pankaj Vasani,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Always Active These Cookies and SDKs are required for Service functionality, including security and fraud prevention, and to enable any purchasing capabilities.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
30 July 2025
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The plush shearling lining felt soft on the skin and provided quality insulation and moisture-wicking capabilities, ensuring our feet remained dry and at a comfortable temperature while wearing throughout the day.—
Kevin Brouillard,
Travel + Leisure,
30 July 2025
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Isolation exercises target one joint at a time and enhance your muscles' appearance.—
Aubrey Bailey,
Verywell Health,
14 July 2025
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This generates an almost perfect marbling between meat and fat and a soft muscle, which makes for tasty and tender meat.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The completion of this $5.7 million project, the first step in a $600 million expansion that pushes the plant’s capacity to 50 million gallons per day, appears to be what the memorandum is referring to in regards to capacity expansion in August.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2025
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By the end of the year, 103,000 more pets had entered shelters than had exited, contributing to an ongoing capacity crisis in U.S. shelters.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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“Firepower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firepower. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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