as in empire
an extremely powerful nation
The country had become an economic superpower.
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Recent Examples of superpower
Olivia Rodrigo’s girlishness is her superpower.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 12 June 2026
By midmorning, the focus shifts to money, comfort and self-worth — your self-confidence is a superpower.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
And third, the pro-America energy production policies have turned the USA into the world’s largest oil and gas superpower.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
Little Finland was long caught up in the superpower chess moves of its big neighbors, Sweden and Russia.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 12 June 2026
By midmorning, the focus shifts to money, comfort and self-worth — your self-confidence is a superpower.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
And third, the pro-America energy production policies have turned the USA into the world’s largest oil and gas superpower.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
Little Finland was long caught up in the superpower chess moves of its big neighbors, Sweden and Russia.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superpower
Noun
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Especially from a woman who’s apparently about to launch a crackah empire!—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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Elon Musk and SpaceX Elon Musk’s vast empire includes everything from from rockets to brain implants.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Noun
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The low-wing, single-engine turboprop plane was not able to make it to full power, according to officials with the Bates County Emergency Management Agency.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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The sweeping changes will reflect Britain’s values, helping to protect children online while pushing back against the power of big technology companies, Starmer told a press conference.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Switzerland is not one of the EU’s 27 member states, but it is all but surrounded by four of them.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Thao Nguyen Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi confirmed to Iranian state television that a deal to end the war has been reached.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Migration remains divisive issue Swiss democracy gives voters a direct say in policymaking through referendums typically held four times a year.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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The crowd was feeling good, if a bit sweaty — and a little in disbelief at the sight of a fighting ring next to one of the most hallowed symbols of American democracy.—
Liam Bowman,
Washington Post,
15 June 2026
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The suspect was a 36-year-old man who carried a passport belonging to the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said at a news conference in Warsaw.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
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The humanities will survive not by defending an imagined past of disinterested purity, but by demonstrating their necessity in a fractured republic.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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Public anger over Chun’s dictatorship led to massive nationwide protests in 1987, forcing him to accept a constitutional revision introducing direct presidential elections, which is widely seen as the start of South Korea’s transition to democracy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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The trophy did not change any laws or soften the dictatorship’s grip on culture and society, but for 90 minutes at a time, none of that was the point.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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The autonomous territory of about 156,000 sits within the Netherlands kingdom and only became a FIFA member in 2011.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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He was later driven into the kingdom.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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The treaty involves regular onsite inspections by the IAEA to confirm that countries are complying with the treaty’s terms.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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Beijing broadly denies providing weapons to countries in conflict.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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“Superpower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superpower. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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