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But any agreement reached will be just one touchstone in a thorny and volatile great power rivalry between the world’s superpower democracy and an authoritarian China, whose growing military assertiveness under Xi in the East and South China Seas is rattling US allies in the region.
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Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
But with great power came great responsibility.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
But with great power comes great…heat!
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
The Catholic Church held great power in Italy and Spain, as did the Orthodox Church in Romania.
—Seda Saluk, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
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Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
But with great power came great responsibility.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
But with great power comes great…heat!
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
The Catholic Church held great power in Italy and Spain, as did the Orthodox Church in Romania.
—Seda Saluk, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great power
Noun
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The United States has deployed three naval vessels—including two aircraft carriers—capable of operating F-35 stealth fighter jets across the Western Pacific this week amid China's rapidly growing sea power and expanding maritime activity in the region.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2025
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This partnership is a geopolitical and technical win for both sides, and yet another sign that uncrewed maritime systems are becoming central to modern sea power.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Nov. 2025
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Amid the economic and social changes caused by decolonization, Britain struggled to redefine its place as world power without the credentials of a global empire.—
Time,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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The model is South Korea, which within a few decades managed to build domestically a strong production sector and then emerged from an unknown country to a film, series and music world power.—
Marcelo Cajueiro,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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Washington’s neutrality safeguarded our nation’s first quarter-millennium, enabling our ascent to superpower status and the preservation of liberty at home.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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The China-Global South Project noted that Wang will likely frame Beijing as a stable, rule-abiding partner, one which recently announced zero-tariff market access for a raft of African nations — a sharp contrast with its superpower rival.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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