as in empire
an extremely powerful nation
The country had become an economic superpower.
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Recent Examples of superpower
Nonetheless, the growth of Chinese nuclear capabilities will present a new challenge by introducing a third major nuclear superpower by the mid-2030s.
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Madelyn Creedon, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2024
Maybe, just maybe, the Chargers’ superpower is their flexibility.
—Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 30 Oct. 2024
The energy transition need not be a death knell for the Kingdom; the evolution offers it a chance to maintain its status as an energy superpower.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
As chief executive of a superpower, Harris would also be able to quiet lingering doubts that women are equipped to make decisions of war and peace.
—Linda Robinson, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2024
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Madelyn Creedon, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2024
Maybe, just maybe, the Chargers’ superpower is their flexibility.
—Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 30 Oct. 2024
The energy transition need not be a death knell for the Kingdom; the evolution offers it a chance to maintain its status as an energy superpower.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
As chief executive of a superpower, Harris would also be able to quiet lingering doubts that women are equipped to make decisions of war and peace.
—Linda Robinson, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superpower
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Barring a successful appeal, the decision ensures Murdoch's media empire will be left equally to his four oldest children, who are not all ideologically aligned with the conservative views of Rupert and Lachlan.Sara Fischer, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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For the Romans, who added Egypt to the empire after Cleopatra’s suicide, the queen was the exotic seducer of both Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Dec. 2024
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On Sunday night, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, who was facing possible prison time for gun and tax convictions, despite previously promising not to use presidential powers in his son’s criminal cases.Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 7 Dec. 2024
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If Yoon is impeached, his powers would be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him from office.Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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How else to explain why Joe Biden welcomed Hunter Biden to a state dinner just days after the younger Biden cut a doomed deal with federal prosecutors, led by an Attorney General attending the same event?Philip Elliott, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
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Boulos is the father-in-law of the president-elect’s daughter Tiffany and was heavily involved in campaigning for Trump in Muslim American communities in battleground states.Andrew Torgan, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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American democracy hinges on the idea that each branch of government prevents the others from taking too much power.Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
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Among those opportunities cited by the report are employee engagement, partnerships with government, education, geopolitical concerns and even democracy and the rule of law.Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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That year was in the middle of the Interregnum, a period when Britain was a republic without a king.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
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There are various plots to overthrow the emperors and either wrest control and put the empire in the hands of a single man or return Rome to its days as a republic.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Since early fall, all has not been entirely at peace in your kingdom: there may have been domestic disturbances, familial spats, and a mounting sense of frustration around early childhood wounds and/or your current living situation.Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Nov. 2024
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But the existential question of whether one man is allowed in the kingdom of heaven or the whole enterprise deserves real, structural change remains frustratingly unresolved.Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2024
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This made very little sense after the Russian people, hoping for a more democratic future, toppled the Soviet dictatorship.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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The day after Chun declared martial law in May 1980, students in opposition to the order took to the streets, staging demonstrations against military dictatorship in the southwestern city of Gwangju.Chandelis Duster, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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The Dui Hua Foundation, which monitors prisoner rights in China, estimates there are about 200 American detainees, more than in any other foreign country, including Americans who are imprisoned as well as those who are prevented from leaving the country while a case is under investigation.Abigail Williams, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
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Film Bazaar, with a record 350+ projects presented, has become a hub for fostering such partnerships, with countries like Australia and Spain.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Superpower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superpower. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.
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