superpower

noun

Definition of superpowernext
as in empire
an extremely powerful nation The country had become an economic superpower.

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Recent Examples of superpower When a crisis hits, this level of transparency becomes a superpower. — Vikram Joshi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 This peculiar group has evolved an astonishing array of survival strategies, superpowers, and oddities. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026 The superpower comb can either be used with the serum as an applicator or without the serum as a scalp massager. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026 That desire to become a football superpower has only strengthened over time. — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for superpower
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superpower
  1. empire
  2. power
  3. state
  4. democracy
  5. republic
  6. dictatorship
  7. kingdom
  8. country
Noun
  • Another gripe for many is the American accents uniformly applied to these characters from Greek mythology when everyone knows that all the glorious empires of Hollywood speak exclusively in British accents.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Renoir painted the Cahen d’Anvers sisters, including their elder sister, Irène, when France was coming out of a national crisis, turning itself from empire to re-public; deciding what and how to be.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of empire
Noun
  • Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Saudi Arabia reported raising alarms or fending off Iranian attacks, as Kuwait said another power and water desalination plant was hit.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • The strikes injured several people at the oil facility and caused a fire at the desalination plant, forcing several power generation units offline.
    — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 18 July 2026
Definition of power
Noun
  • Now a union spokesperson says employees might file a complaint with a state board intended to protect public employees.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • Two of those appear to have happened during the Friendsgiving trip the cast took to my home state of Connecticut.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 July 2026
Definition of state
Noun
  • So, democracy sometimes resembles kakistocracy, an actual word that means government by the least qualified.
    — George F. Will, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
  • As a result, another vital concern - Venezuela's return to democracy - has been put on hold.
    — John Otis, NPR, 16 July 2026
Definition of democracy
Noun
  • Purges of the state bureaucracy and judiciary followed, while Erdogan whittled away at the Turkish republic’s secular foundations with his brand of religious nationalism.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • Of course, the new republic was not always a haven for sober analysis.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of republic
Noun
  • The 1978 World Cup edition was played in and won by an Argentina ruled by a military dictatorship that forcibly disappeared thousands of people.
    — Minky Worden, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • They were invaded in 1982 under orders from Argentina’s then-military dictatorship, triggering a 10-week war won by Britain.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of dictatorship
Noun
  • Corey Hawkins as Polybus Polybus is another one of Penelope’s many suitors who scheme to take her hand and kingdoms for themselves.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Iran launched attacks on Saudi Arabia for the first time in about three months, according to two people familiar with the matter, triggering early warning alarms in Al-Kharj, east of the capital Riyadh, and at Yanbu on the kingdom's Red Sea coast.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Definition of kingdom
Noun
  • Like previous host countries, Turkey is likely to use the summit to put its own security concerns and defense industry on the agenda.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • And, in a country struck by tragedy, this loss felt close to home.
    — Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of country

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