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While damage assessments are ongoing, what is clear is that Ukraine has once again redefined modern warfare with cheap drones and exceptional spy craft, dealing a considerable blow to a great power.
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Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2025
Now, picture a great power—China—with a military to rival the US and fusion reactors that provide virtually unlimited energy.
—Wal Van Lierop, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Between 1500 and 1800, there was hardly a year when great powers weren’t enmeshed in some kind of war.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
The Trump administration’s focus on Greenland – and China’s in recent years – come amid increasing focus on the Arctic as an arena for rivalry between the world’s great powers.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
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Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2025
Now, picture a great power—China—with a military to rival the US and fusion reactors that provide virtually unlimited energy.
—Wal Van Lierop, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Between 1500 and 1800, there was hardly a year when great powers weren’t enmeshed in some kind of war.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
The Trump administration’s focus on Greenland – and China’s in recent years – come amid increasing focus on the Arctic as an arena for rivalry between the world’s great powers.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great power
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Japan and South Korea—both treaty allies of the United States in Northeast Asia—received new warships to bolster their sea power amid North Korea's ongoing naval modernization.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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In Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, the United States and its coalition allies unleashed massive land, air, and sea power.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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Iran likely would not have been able to breach its nonproliferation obligations — as reported by the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency — had Trump not trashed the pact that President Obama and other world powers, including Russia, made with Iran to limit its nuclear program.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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Those concerns among world powers and investors will only increase.—
Sara Braun,
Fortune,
22 June 2025
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The Panther showed how the idea could also be understood as a gift—a superpower of sorts—that enables Black people to move freely between parallel, coexisting truths and realities.—
Ekow Eshun
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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And like a superhero discovering her superpowers, Valade went on to build a lifelong career in hospitality, which has since included roles at Chili’s, Red Lobster, and Black Box Intelligence, thanks to a keen sense of relationship building.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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“Great power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20power. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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