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an extremely powerful nation
The country had become an economic superpower.
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Recent Examples of superpowers
The superpowers imposed punishing tariffs on one another earlier this year, only to lower them, and had for months been discussing a trade deal.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Your creativity, integrity, and humanity are still your greatest superpowers.
—Brandon Griffin, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
After Williams Innovations faces financial troubles due to competition with Stark Industries, Simon ends up accepting an offer from Baron Zemo that gives him ionic superpowers.
—Wilson Chapman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
But the idea that the game’s superpowers are being challenged by outsiders is something of a myth.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
And as the superpowers moved on from Cold War battlefields, the ideological paradigms that had once made Central American revolutions feel globally significant faded with them.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
Ballerini also fielded questions from patients, discussing preferred superpowers and her favorite fast food.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Over the course of its wildly wonderful seven seasons, the CW series saw its cast solve murders, face off against cults, go to prison, fight bears, go back in time, and gain superpowers — and, somehow, that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
For bachelors’ grads, the superpowers are analysis and communication.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Your creativity, integrity, and humanity are still your greatest superpowers.
—Brandon Griffin, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
After Williams Innovations faces financial troubles due to competition with Stark Industries, Simon ends up accepting an offer from Baron Zemo that gives him ionic superpowers.
—Wilson Chapman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
But the idea that the game’s superpowers are being challenged by outsiders is something of a myth.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
And as the superpowers moved on from Cold War battlefields, the ideological paradigms that had once made Central American revolutions feel globally significant faded with them.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
Ballerini also fielded questions from patients, discussing preferred superpowers and her favorite fast food.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Over the course of its wildly wonderful seven seasons, the CW series saw its cast solve murders, face off against cults, go to prison, fight bears, go back in time, and gain superpowers — and, somehow, that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
For bachelors’ grads, the superpowers are analysis and communication.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superpowers
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With so few institutional checks on ICE’s powers, citizens are increasingly relying on themselves.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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The task forces bring the full investigative powers of the FBI, Homeland Security and state and local law enforcement together under one umbrella.—
Jason M. Blazakis,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025
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That later became the foundational precedent for centuries of papal claims to secular authority over the papal states of the Romagna.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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And this new era will not be authored by states alone.—
Sergio Alonso Fernández de Córdova y de Veyga,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The private luncheon brought together leaders who’ve built empires, broken ceilings, and redefined what success looks like on their own terms.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
13 Oct. 2025
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While Tata Sons and Tata Trusts have not issued any official statement on what transpired at the minister’s residence, it is widely reported that a power struggle is brewing inside one of India’s most powerful business empires.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Because monkeys bang on typewriters and kingdoms fall.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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America’s most steadfast allies in this bit of the 21st century are the Gulf monarchies, true and unapologetic kingdoms big on pomp and light on participation.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Superpowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superpowers. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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