as in empire
an extremely powerful nation
The country had become an economic superpower.
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Advertisement But some experts argue that the U.S. position as the standout superpower has come to an end and that the transition into a multipolar power is already underway.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 July 2025
Learning how to get better at small talk might not seem like much of a conversational superpower.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 3 July 2025
That race is now spilling across borders as the two superpowers vie for the business and collaboration of other countries, Toner said.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 July 2025
Zeke tries to zap his insufferable neighbor’s flower bed into ashes and realizes he’s lost his superpowers.
—Stacia Brown, Vulture, 2 July 2025
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 July 2025
Learning how to get better at small talk might not seem like much of a conversational superpower.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 3 July 2025
That race is now spilling across borders as the two superpowers vie for the business and collaboration of other countries, Toner said.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 July 2025
Zeke tries to zap his insufferable neighbor’s flower bed into ashes and realizes he’s lost his superpowers.
—Stacia Brown, Vulture, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superpower
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High school projects could turn into Harvard case studies, teenage blogs into book deals, and college experiments into empire foundations.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Now, with Hong Kong’s equity markets rebounding, Li is seizing a more favorable window to raise capital for the crown jewel of his business empire.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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There's more than enough power in the iPhone Pro and Pro Max models to allow macOS to run smoothly on the hardware.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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That means there's no motor or backup power for the control and motion systems for the foils, keel and rudder, or even the on-board computers and instruments.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
5 July 2025
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So many state legislators and members of Congress turned up Saturday that they were split into multiple groups to view the facility.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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Wednesday, July 2: The Texas Division of Emergency Management activates state emergency response resources anticipating the threat of flooding in parts of West and Central Texas.—
HANNAH FINGERHUT,
Chicago Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Aside from the most ardent Bolsonaro loyalists, Brazilians—regardless of ideology—don't take kindly to foreign leaders telling them how to run their democracy.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Yoon’s shocking December declaration plunged South Korea into a constitutional crisis and was widely condemned as striking at the heart of the nation’s democracy.—
Yoonjung Seo,
CNN Money,
10 July 2025
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The ignorant need cultural immersion at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, which tells the story of those who fled the Cuban island that went from a free, prosperous republic to an oppressive, impoverished dictatorship within a single generation.—
Luka Ladan,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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France has meandered through five republics and two empires.—
The Editors,
National Review,
4 July 2025
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The Fantastic Four are invited to visit the isolated African kingdom of Wakanda by T’Challa, the nation’s young prince.—
Ekow Eshun
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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Though the kingdom’s low debt levels are the envy of most other countries, its finances are being stretched by the scale of its ambition.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
11 July 2025
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But just as important to the Poles living under Soviet dictatorship were art books, fashion magazines, religious texts, lighthearted novels and regular newspapers.—
Valorie Castellanos Clark,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Nearly 50 years into an unwanted dictatorship, Iranians have developed a refined capacity for identifying bad faith.—
Shervin Malekzadeh,
Mercury News,
26 June 2025
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Trump, Netanyahu look to relocate Palestinians to other countries.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
9 July 2025
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All of the other letters were similar, telling countries that the new tariffs were intended to rectify trade imbalances with the U.S. The letter to Brazil, however, was about Brazilian politics.—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
9 July 2025
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“Superpower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superpower. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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