as in empire
an extremely powerful nation
The country had become an economic superpower.
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Recent Examples of superpower
In this work, uniting across sectors and divides and amplifying stories of struggle that the world tells us to bury deep down inside are some of our most formidable superpowers.
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Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
His superpower is elevating the players around him.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Jennifer Oxley, the show’s creator and executive producer, wants children to learn that working together is a superpower.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
The film portrays autism as a superpower rather than a disability.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
His superpower is elevating the players around him.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Jennifer Oxley, the show’s creator and executive producer, wants children to learn that working together is a superpower.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
The film portrays autism as a superpower rather than a disability.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superpower
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In the years following Deng Xiaoping’s turn toward a capitalist economy, some Chinese intellectuals felt a kind of spiritual malaise; Deng’s reforms had failed to provide moral direction for a vast and proud former empire.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Western media reports also suggested the Mojtaba had used his position to amass enormous wealth, with some estimates suggesting a financial empire worth billions of dollars.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
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On Sunday, Iran continued attacks on neighbors, while Israel struck fuel depots in Tehran and threatened the Islamic Republic’s power grid.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Quiet reflection gains power as cerebral Mercury in your 12th House of Solitude trines jovial Jupiter in your comforting 4th house, guiding you through releasing past aches.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Sesame is an innovative self-pay healthcare with a platform that operates in all 50 states and connects patients directly with doctors without insurance as a middle-man.—
Anna Moeslein,
Glamour,
9 Mar. 2026
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Details of how a trial would move forward with states that don’t sign on to the settlement will be decided later.—
Josh Sisco,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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So really being very active in other countries to promote democracy, also freedom for independent journalism and media elsewhere.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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The letter codified the idea that the modern West—defined by liberalism, constitutionalism, and multi-party democracy—could be separated, conceptually, from the ancient West, as represented by Greece and Rome.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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In 1836, Apaches raided a remote ranch near Janos, a tiny town on the northern fringes of the state of Chihuahua, in the newly independent republic of Mexico.—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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For 37 years, Khamenei presided over a transformation of Iran’s political system from what was once called a republic into a system of concentrated clerical authority — what many critics describe as absolute guardianship.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Its founder, Ayatollah Khomeini, established a religious dictatorship that subjugates the Iranian people under sharia law, while zealously exporting its dogma by force.—
Elan Journo,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
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Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz’s ‘Another League’ chronicles the defiant birth of women’s soccer in the waning years of Francisco Franco’s arcane dictatorship in early 1970s Spain – today the reigning world champions after winning the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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Sirens sounded earlier Saturday in Bahrain as Iran targeted the island kingdom.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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Last week, the kingdom was forced to halt operations at the Ras Tanura refinery, the country’s biggest, and is seeking to divert barrels to its Red Sea ports for export after the Hormuz closure.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Mar. 2026
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But some Iranian Americans fear that their native country could descend into chaos, as Iraq did after the 2003 American invasion.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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This issue will keep getting worse — and lost dollars will continue to grow — if our country’s leaders fail to implement smart policies to prevent scams.—
Letters to the Editor,
Washington Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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