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These same metrics, however, then illustrate how the United States overtook the United Kingdom to become a great power in the late nineteenth century.
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Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2025
Okamoto and Murakami are both great power hitters and could be options at first or third base for teams this winter.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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.
—Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
But with great power came great responsibility.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
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Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2025
Okamoto and Murakami are both great power hitters and could be options at first or third base for teams this winter.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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.
—Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
But with great power came great responsibility.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great power
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To military experts, Trump’s fleet would be hopelessly unsuited to strategic and tactical threats that are already faced by American sea power and likely to become more dangerous by the time the vessels could be deployed.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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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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At the time of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, $1 traded for 32,000 rials.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Those attacks began after President Trump, in his first term in office, unilaterally withdrew from Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Dec. 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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