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an extremely powerful nation
The country had become an economic superpower.
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Recent Examples of superpowers
Beijing’s top trade negotiator is reportedly headed to Washington this week as part of efforts to extend a tariff truce, but the superpowers’ standoff is already having a huge impact on global commerce and China’s own economy.
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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Individuals can gain the superpowers once held by institutions.
—Ravi Kumar, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
The Greek gods, for instance, were not paragons of virtue but soap opera characters with divine superpowers.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The campaign also includes a push to expand Russian intelligence capabilities in regions caught between superpowers.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2025
Fans wondering how the sudden publicity of superpowers would affect the lives of Peter, Hiro (Masi Oka), and our other favorites will just have to wonder forever.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
At that time, two nuclear superpowers held each other in check while a few other nations kept small arsenals for deterrence and almost all other countries abided by the Non-Proliferation Treaty, meant to limit the spread of these diabolical weapons.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
The Hardys put their design superpowers to work to transform this downtown Bardstown three-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment into a five-star vacation rental located in the downtown core.
—Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Clashes at Scarborough and other South China Sea flashpoints have raised questions over whether a miscalculation could trigger Manila's Mutual Defense Treaty with Washington—and potentially a conflict between the two superpowers.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Individuals can gain the superpowers once held by institutions.
—Ravi Kumar, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
The Greek gods, for instance, were not paragons of virtue but soap opera characters with divine superpowers.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The campaign also includes a push to expand Russian intelligence capabilities in regions caught between superpowers.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2025
Fans wondering how the sudden publicity of superpowers would affect the lives of Peter, Hiro (Masi Oka), and our other favorites will just have to wonder forever.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
At that time, two nuclear superpowers held each other in check while a few other nations kept small arsenals for deterrence and almost all other countries abided by the Non-Proliferation Treaty, meant to limit the spread of these diabolical weapons.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
The Hardys put their design superpowers to work to transform this downtown Bardstown three-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment into a five-star vacation rental located in the downtown core.
—Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Clashes at Scarborough and other South China Sea flashpoints have raised questions over whether a miscalculation could trigger Manila's Mutual Defense Treaty with Washington—and potentially a conflict between the two superpowers.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superpowers
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Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Roald Dahl's beloved 1988 novel about a young girl named Matilda with telekinetic powers has gotten its fair share of adaptations over the years.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Witnessing the rise of the internet, cellphones and social media as a teenager, Acutis harnessed these new powers of communication and coded a website to catalogue and promote eucharistic miracles.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Over a year ago, the Biden administration gifted Intel $8 billion in CHIPS subsidies for plants in multiple states.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The caller told police she had been told Lawson had killed his roommate the night of June 9, 2024, the affidavit states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Sep. 2025
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Their empires cracked, their shadows receded, and their names faded into cautionary tales.—
John Hope Bryant,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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Writers and rulers across Europe and the Americas have looked back to Virgil’s epic as a model for their own founding myths, in the construction of new nations, new colonies, new empires.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Throughout the Bronze Age and medieval centuries, Armenian vineyards thrived under the rule of kingdoms and monasteries.—
Layne Randolph,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Campeau designed with the natural world in mind, differentiating the kingdoms of Maui, O’ahu, and Hawaii through key geographic features in each.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Superpowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superpowers. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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