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Recent Examples of sea power
But some historians have argued that this glossed a scheme to provide a bastion for British sea power in the eastern seas.
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Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
To military experts, Trump’s fleet would be hopelessly unsuited to strategic and tactical threats that are already faced by American sea power and likely to become more dangerous by the time the vessels could be deployed.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
The United States has deployed three naval vessels—including two aircraft carriers—capable of operating F-35 stealth fighter jets across the Western Pacific this week amid China's rapidly growing sea power and expanding maritime activity in the region.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
This partnership is a geopolitical and technical win for both sides, and yet another sign that uncrewed maritime systems are becoming central to modern sea power.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
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Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
To military experts, Trump’s fleet would be hopelessly unsuited to strategic and tactical threats that are already faced by American sea power and likely to become more dangerous by the time the vessels could be deployed.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
The United States has deployed three naval vessels—including two aircraft carriers—capable of operating F-35 stealth fighter jets across the Western Pacific this week amid China's rapidly growing sea power and expanding maritime activity in the region.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
This partnership is a geopolitical and technical win for both sides, and yet another sign that uncrewed maritime systems are becoming central to modern sea power.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea power
Noun
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The Guardian Council barred former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate whose administration struck the 2015 nuclear deal with the U.S. and other world powers, from election for the Assembly of Experts in March 2024.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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French President Emmanuel Macron called for the EU to become a true world power, in both economic and military terms, and reduce its dependency on the US.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But with great power comes great responsibility.—
Ryan Cormier,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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The current reality also underlines the idea that external intervention and privileging war over diplomacy has made conflict resolution ever more difficult in a region with a long history of imperial expansion, great power competition and bitter political divides.—
Ioana Emy Matesan,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That aspiration was a kind of geopolitical superpower that no missile silo could replicate.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
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But the loudest calls for an Open Division weren’t about showcasing superpowers.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Sea power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20power. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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