as in almighty
having unlimited power or authority
the nearly universal religious belief that God is omnipotent and omniscient
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Recent Examples of omnipotent
Today, those who build these nearly omnipotent algorithms are still possessed of a human conscience.
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Tyler Johnson, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Exactly — omnipotent, completely ignorant to any outside influences.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
Scholars like John Lennox argue that the Babel story warns against hubris in innovation, where the pursuit of omnipotent power, especially through AI and synthetic consciousness, may lead to fragmentation and collapse, not to triumph.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Jesus trusted that God was always keeping everyone perfectly well, because everyone lives in God under His loving and omnipotent care.
—Douglas Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
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Tyler Johnson, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Exactly — omnipotent, completely ignorant to any outside influences.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
Scholars like John Lennox argue that the Babel story warns against hubris in innovation, where the pursuit of omnipotent power, especially through AI and synthetic consciousness, may lead to fragmentation and collapse, not to triumph.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Jesus trusted that God was always keeping everyone perfectly well, because everyone lives in God under His loving and omnipotent care.
—Douglas Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for omnipotent
Adjective
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Manchester City needed to make a late comeback to reach a record fourth consecutive FA Cup final as they were given an almighty scare by Championship club Southampton at Wembley.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The second is a hope that is one almighty challenge.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund's performance since the Iran war began is not publicly available information, but any returns would build on the near $250 billion profit NBIM made in 2025.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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The $24 billion expected from the sovereign wealth funds — representing the royal families of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar — would together represent about 49% of the equity in the new company.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The second movie, which brought back the original director David Frankel and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, picks up as Hathaway’s Andy Sachs returns to Runway magazine as a features editor under Streep’s all-powerful editor-in-chief, Miranda Priestly.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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The format has an all-powerful ‘Taskmaster’ who, with the help of a loyal assistant, tests the wiles of a panel of comedians over the course of each series by setting them weird and wonderful challenges.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
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Doors can open in your professional life, whether through charm and strategy or divine timing.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Riefenstahl was an expert at using lighting and shadows, of creating a sense of patriotism and glory and even divine mandate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Omnipotent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omnipotent. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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