superpowers

noun

plural of superpower
as in powers
an extremely powerful nation The country had become an economic superpower.

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Recent Examples of superpowers The new episodes will also introduce new superpowers and more enemies. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 Related Stories The series follows Gadget Kid, an ordinary teenager with extraordinary ambitions, but absolutely no superpowers. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 China only made a few cameos in the 318-page document (11 times to be exact) despite competition between the two superpowers dominating the AI conversation around the world. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Peaceful coexistence was hard enough in the nuclear age—and in the end, one of the superpowers declined and fell. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026 Forty years ago, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met at Höfði House, representing rival nuclear superpowers divided by decades of distrust. — Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 There are the now-traditional scenes in which Carrie learns to consciously control her telekinetic superpowers, previously manifested by accidentally setting off car alarms, opening mailboxes and causing a rain of rocks on her parents’ roof. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Both superpowers believe a nuclear reactor is the centerpiece of this ambition. — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Because of low levels of trust, cooperation between the two superpowers remains limited, said George Chen, chair of digital practice at The Asia Group consultancy. — John Liu, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
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  1. powers
  2. states
  3. empires
  4. kingdoms
Noun
  • The council would decide which commissions received those powers and could later revoke them.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Unified control will provide Democrats with broad investigative and subpoena powers, authority over presidential appointments, control of legislation and federal spending, and the ability to pursue impeachment proceedings.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of powers
Noun
  • On Tuesday, the Department of Justice will be sending 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states, including Minnesota, to report any voting violations.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The committee also heard testimony from union leaders and from the Motion Picture Association, who argued that California must do more to make its incentive program competitive with other states.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of states
Noun
  • Centuries of blood and thunder have erupted across the stages of the world, as empires rise and fall against the crescendos of Wagnerian imperialism, with the heroics of gods and men alike unfolding in the balance.
    — Jordan Owen, AJC.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • With online servers providing the structure for a living and evolving universe where players fought, traded, and created empires from scratch, its limited visual presentation was no issue.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of empires
Noun
  • Ramsay created three similar pocket watches for James VI in the early 1600s, with the present example distinguished by four emblems on the case edge that are associated with the kingdoms of Scotland, England, Ireland and France under the king.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The agreement followed a long struggle between the Hittite and Egyptian kingdoms for control of territory in ancient Syria.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of kingdoms

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