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With great power comes great responsibility, so there are a few things to consider before picking up just any hair removal device.
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Iman Balagam, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
Yet, with great power comes great responsibility.
—Chidambaram Bhat, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The great power contest today seems to be between who will lead an increasingly autocratic world, and China is moving into the lead.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Four home runs in a single game is one of those ultra-rare individual feats that most great power hitters never even sniff throughout their careers.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Iman Balagam, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
Yet, with great power comes great responsibility.
—Chidambaram Bhat, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The great power contest today seems to be between who will lead an increasingly autocratic world, and China is moving into the lead.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Four home runs in a single game is one of those ultra-rare individual feats that most great power hitters never even sniff throughout their careers.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great power
Noun
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China is set to debut at least two of its unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) during a military parade as the country's sea power gap with the United States continues to narrow.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 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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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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But China’s superpower rival is also playing a part.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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The superpowers imposed punishing tariffs on one another earlier this year, only to lower them, and had for months been discussing a trade deal.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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