1
as in dominions
the right or means to command or control others
the emir has nearly complete power over the emirate
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as in faculties
a natural ability of the mind or body
dogs have a very highly developed power of smell
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as in energies
something with a usable capacity for doing work
nuclear power
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Recent Examples of powers
Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
The step aims to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign powers for high-thrust engines.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
The emerging technology powers Goose, or the company's open-source AI agent framework designed to connect large language models to software engineering tasks.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 8 May 2026
This will fall on deaf ears, because the powers that be haven't taken the fans into account when making big decisions in quite some time (the real, passionate fans, anyway).
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Sandwiched between two hegemonic powers and facing an uncertain future, an emerging generation of artists, writers, and designers began exploring new areas of subjectivity.
—Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
The grottoes, just a half-mile in, are well worth visiting to see an example of the erosive powers of water and time.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
This frustrating bureaucratic situation has been part of California’s landscape for 50-plus years and there’s been no hope to rein in the abuses, but the tide seems to be turning following a variety of court cases and legislative efforts to limit the commission’s powers.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
Charter Reform Committee members have supported dividing the city attorney’s role, citing a need for separation of the office’s powers.
—City News Service, Daily News, 1 May 2026
Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
How Wisconsin's solar battery park powers 130,000 homes The Paris Solar farm began producing power in December 2024 and generates 200 megawatts of renewable electricity during the day.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
By design Congress is supposed to serve as a check on the executive branch through budgetary, legislative and oversight powers.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
The step aims to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign powers for high-thrust engines.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
The emerging technology powers Goose, or the company's open-source AI agent framework designed to connect large language models to software engineering tasks.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 8 May 2026
This will fall on deaf ears, because the powers that be haven't taken the fans into account when making big decisions in quite some time (the real, passionate fans, anyway).
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Sandwiched between two hegemonic powers and facing an uncertain future, an emerging generation of artists, writers, and designers began exploring new areas of subjectivity.
—Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
The grottoes, just a half-mile in, are well worth visiting to see an example of the erosive powers of water and time.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
This frustrating bureaucratic situation has been part of California’s landscape for 50-plus years and there’s been no hope to rein in the abuses, but the tide seems to be turning following a variety of court cases and legislative efforts to limit the commission’s powers.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
Charter Reform Committee members have supported dividing the city attorney’s role, citing a need for separation of the office’s powers.
—City News Service, Daily News, 1 May 2026
Verb
Researchers are adapting the magnetron—the same component that powers microwave ovens—to provide the 10 megawatts of power required for ADS.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
How Wisconsin's solar battery park powers 130,000 homes The Paris Solar farm began producing power in December 2024 and generates 200 megawatts of renewable electricity during the day.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for powers
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And they are captivated by a vision of an imperial federation, with a parliament in London, where Britain would be an important partner, but just one, and where Canada and the other dominions would have representation.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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The researchers also announced a contest with a $200,000 prize pool on the popular machine learning competition site Kaggle for outside researchers to help build evaluations for the five cognitive faculties where existing benchmark tests are weakest.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Strange occurrences quickly destabilize the group, with the writer becoming increasingly unhinged, convinced the location has an inexplicable hold over her creative faculties.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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Globally, just over 30% of electricity generation comes from renewable energies like solar, wind and hydropower, according to energy think tank Ember.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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Yoshida notes that these effects depend only on a few fundamental parameters, including the electrode work function and the work functions and ionization energies of the HCM and perovskite.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
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Encryption, anonymization, and tight controls help, but do not fix the underlying integration gap.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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But progress has triggered tougher regulations, with Chinese authorities introducing national rules requiring real-name registration for all drone operators and tighter controls on flight approvals.—
Todd Symons,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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By renewing the memorandum, the ports also agree to continue working to deploy low- and zero-emission fuels and digital solutions for shipping on the trans-Pacific corridor.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Footwear News,
28 Apr. 2026
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San Francisco and New York City are leading office demand, as AI tech employment rises quickly in the former and diversity of employment fuels the latter.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Three years later, my company, Delivrd, charges a flat $1,000 fee to negotiate a car purchase for anyone who does not want to walk into a dealership.—
Tomislav Mikula,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
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The Home Depot charges a $35 fee to measure your home for new flooring, but that fee is applied to your overall flooring quote.—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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More and more, the basic overshadows the basketball, and sophomoric reigns supreme.—
Candace Buckner,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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But in the quantum realm, randomness reigns; a particle comes with multiple quantum states, collapsing to just one of them in unpredictable ways.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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The overnight storms were part of a broader severe weather outbreak that is expected to continue April 28 as the system pushes farther east and new storms develop to the south.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Castle Rock’s internal guidance pushes the story toward testing, consultations, and monitoring while pulling it away from hard claims about outcomes.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Powers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powers. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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