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 Spider-Man, meanwhile, gained superpowers after being bitten by a radioactive spider. — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 Maridueña played Jaime Reyes, a recent college graduate who gains superpowers when an alien scarab latches on to him. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 July 2026 Without superpowers or magic to fall back on, heroes had to rely on little more than implausible levels of ingenuity and resilience, a capacity to dodge bullets/laser fire, and a gift for making the right quip at the right time. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 11 July 2026 This peculiar group has evolved an astonishing array of survival strategies, superpowers, and oddities. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026 Commercial space ventures in the US and China are tapping broader pools of capital as the superpowers vie for dominance in a fierce space race. — Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 8 July 2026 That local-file access and deep configurability give Claude Cowork its superpowers but also define its ceiling. — Jason Andersen, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Ironically, Supergirl's superpowers are the movie's Kryptonite. — James Grebey, Time, 26 June 2026 Hong Kong — China has clinched the top spot on a list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, overtaking the United States for the first time since 2017 with a model powered by homegrown chips amid an intense race for tech supremacy between the two superpowers. — John Liu, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
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  1. powers
  2. states
  3. empires
  4. kingdoms
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  • Spain is deepening its embrace of the Chinese car industry even as other European powers call for protectionist measures to shield local automakers.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 July 2026
  • The Supreme Court didn’t buy it, ruling in February that the president couldn’t use the emergency powers law to impose tariffs at all.
    — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of powers
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  • That’s when police first made contact with Larry Brown, the affidavit states.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • The illness has been detected in 34 states as of Wednesday, including Kansas and Missouri.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
Definition of states
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  • Another gripe for many is the American accents uniformly applied to these characters from Greek mythology when everyone knows that all the glorious empires of Hollywood speak exclusively in British accents.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • And that’s a larger problem because family entertainment empires like Disney can’t just rely on aging franchises.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 16 July 2026
Definition of empires
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  • Mysore was one of the most powerful kingdoms in southern India; its military was among the more modernized and effective fighting forces in the hodgepodge of principalities that made up India’s political map at the time.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
  • Even though the monarchy no longer exists in Rwanda, so revered are the cows that the traditional gifting and exchanging them among kingdoms has been embraced by Kagame.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 June 2026
Definition of kingdoms

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