Thesaurus results for SUPERPOWER

superpower

noun

Definition of superpower

as in empire

an extremely powerful nation The country had become an economic superpower.

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Recent Examples of superpower The United States became the sole superpower after the Cold War. — Froylan Jimenez, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 In this moment, Krouse isn’t the only one looking to honey as a superpower ingredient. — Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026 Creating Cognitive Space For Innovation Drafting isn’t the superpower. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Shower Door One of the most dazzling superpowers of using toothpaste as a cleaner can be seen in a gleaming shower door. — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for superpower

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Noun

The dominant language of the western half of the empire was Latin, with Greek predominating in the eastern parts of the empire.

— Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
Beauty in Black is a drama following Polidore’s Kimmie, a Chicago strip-club dancer, whose life becomes entangled with Mallory (Crystle Stewart), the powerful head of a hair-care empire.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of empire

Noun

And Majority Leader John Thune still could hold a roll-call vote on a data center power bill that Democrats blocked on Thursday.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Stone and Robert Icke, for example, have both built careers on transplanting old stories into slick contemporary containers, and, in varying degrees, those containers can come packed with power.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of power

Noun

Singapore pays its political leaders high salaries to attract talent and deter graft, but the issue is thorny in the city-state, where the median wage worker made S$5,775 ($736) a month in 2025.

— Reuters, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Those are notable numbers for Turek in a state dominated by the GOP for the past decade; Turek has an edge among independent voters and a positive favorability rating compared to Hinson, who is viewed more negatively.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of state

Noun

Of course, democracy is not a sufficient condition for disarmament, much less abolition.

— Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
The political climate that culminated in the 1940 Constitution was embraced by much of Cuba’s artistic and intellectual community as part of a broader quest for democracy and modernization.

— Dennys Matos, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of democracy

Noun

Grunis had previously fought in Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic whose bid for independence after the Soviet Union’s collapse led to years of war with Russian government forces.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Grunis had previously fought in Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic whose bid for independence after the Soviet Union’s collapse led to years of war with Russian government forces, and also took part in Russia’s campaign in Syria.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of republic

Noun

In those years many Latin American countries had repressive governments, military coups, dictatorships, and undeclared wars against the poor and the indigenous population, which were backed by the CIA in the context of the Cold War.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
In Peru under dictatorship, two of three long-time lovers marry for appearances but flee from their conservative rural community for the capital after their secret is exposed by the third.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of dictatorship

Noun

The native people of this region were not wiped out by smallpox and instead established an independent kingdom that blends a traditional monarchy with Catholicism, thanks to the efforts of some earlier missionaries.

— John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Earlier this month, drone attacks attributed by Saudi Arabia to Iraqi militias damaged the kingdom’s East-West pipeline, a key route for moving crude to the Red Sea and allowing Saudi oil exports to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of kingdom

Noun

Many higher-income countries, though challenged by the disruption, have cushioned the blow by tapping strategic reserves or using their financial and political clout to secure emergency supplies.

— Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Bridgespan’s report finds that families in middle-income countries are more likely to administer their own programs than those in higher-income countries.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

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