great powers

plural of great power

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Noun
  • The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not directly regulate these clinics, so safety standards are left up to the states.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But Democratic governors and attorneys general from some two dozen states sued the federal government to keep the payments coming, arguing that SNAP is an entitlement that cannot be cut off.
    NPR, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The world too needs to be grateful that the two superpowers are talking like adults again, and with a one year trade truce in motion, are starting to take a more pragmatic path.
    Kerry Brown, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Tensions between the world’s two economic superpowers have been on a boil this year.
    Kevin Breuninger,Anniek Bao,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
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