sea power

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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. Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 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 In these books, Dugin sees a looming conflict between Russia and the United States, part of an eternal rivalry between land and sea powers. Iver B. Neumann, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2017 See All Example Sentences for sea power
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Noun
  • Since its founding, our nation’s capacity to build at scale has made the United States a world power.
    Brendan Bechtel, Fortune, 25 July 2026
  • As nations everywhere compete to increase drone arsenals and build shields with counter-drone technology to protect their forces on earth, major world powers are battling to project power in space both to guard assets and threaten adversaries.
    Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Moments of great power are interspersed with long expository stretches of clangor and connivance.
    Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026
  • That makes room for India to grow its defense exports in the region, experts said, as it is seen as a transactional provider, not aligned to any great power centers, and is not viewed as a security threat in the region.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • From impoverishment to global superpower, China’s supremacy happened at a breakneck speed thanks to the visionary strategy of the man who took power in 1978.
    Rund Abdelfatah, NPR, 23 July 2026
  • The critical darling chronicles a loner actor named Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) whose secret superpowers threaten to derail the biggest role of his career.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

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“Sea power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20power. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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