as in influential
having great power or influence
a powerful producer in the music business who is considered responsible for the careers of several superstars
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Recent Examples of powerful
And an even more powerful next generation of medicines is quickly approaching, churning out trial results – including some new ones Thursday – that leave current options in the dust in terms of efficacy.
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Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
With powerful visual storytelling, the film will interweave the rigorous scientific research and poetry of Lucy’s writing, with personal stories from a diverse range of contributors to offer a radical and profound examination of maternal metamorphosis.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
The emails of the world’s most powerful people read like something a fifth grader would write.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
That, however, is nothing now compared to the far larger incorrectness of the rulers of a significant number of the most powerful nations on earth.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
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Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
With powerful visual storytelling, the film will interweave the rigorous scientific research and poetry of Lucy’s writing, with personal stories from a diverse range of contributors to offer a radical and profound examination of maternal metamorphosis.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
The emails of the world’s most powerful people read like something a fifth grader would write.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
That, however, is nothing now compared to the far larger incorrectness of the rulers of a significant number of the most powerful nations on earth.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for powerful
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Its pro-democracy camp was never as influential as in Hong Kong, which is a former British colony that returned to China in 1997.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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With help from influential TikTokers like NBA rising star Jared McCain — who has used both the original and the remix in multiple videos — the song began to cross over to stateside streaming success.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
18 Mar. 2026
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While most employees are working from the office again, a significant number are still working from home, and many aren’t coming in every weekday.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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But the intersection where Zhu was killed and Kuang was gravely injured has seen no significant changes in the eight years since the collision — except the full removal of the crosswalk.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Boko Haram has since become stronger, with thousands of fighters and different factions, including the Islamic State West Africa Province, which is backed by the Islamic State group.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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That kind of political intrusion does not make families safer or stronger.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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One of the more important revelations from Netanyahu’s press conference was about how the joint strikes with the United States, known as Operation Epic Fury, have been extremely effective at decimating Iran’s weapons.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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But, really, these are the times when that stuff is most important.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Powerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powerful. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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