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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great powers
Noun
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Policies of the current federal administration and in certain states have imperiled our global leadership and prospects for the next generations of aspiring scholars of science with the potential for significant damage to our nation’s public health and biomedical and industrial leadership.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026 -
Switzerland is not one of the EU’s 27 member states, but it is all but surrounded by four of them.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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The Disney+ show about a struggling actor with actual superpowers who struggles to land a role in a superhero movie is as much of a Hollywood satire as a comic book adaptation.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
15 June 2026
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The Pentagon on Monday added some of China’s biggest companies to a blacklist of firms accused of aiding Beijing’s military, a move likely to stir tensions between the superpowers.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
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