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 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 The series would follow an Italian-American kid who eats moon rocks, fails to digest them, and ends up with terribly inconvenient superpowers. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 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 The self-aware series pokes fun at the teenage superhero subgenre, toying with the way superpowers interfere with daily life. — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026 This season, the previously unparalleled superpowers of Scheffler’s iron play have diminished to near-mortal capabilities. — Justin Ray, New York Times, 17 June 2026
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  1. powers
  2. states
  3. empires
  4. kingdoms
Noun
  • Canberra and Wellington are two of the South Pacific's biggest powers and have grown anxious about Beijing's attempts to vie for sway in the region.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Rather than drawing regional powers into its orbit, the test will likely push them to deepen defense ties with one another to counter China's growing military might, according to analysts.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 July 2026
Definition of powers
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  • David McCuan, a political science professor at Sonoma State University in California, said that will put more pressure on the three other states identified as mandatory flips, such as North Carolina, which Trump won by about 3 percentage points.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 9 July 2026
  • The soda in question is H-E-B’s original cola, which is made with pure cane sugar as the outside of the can states.
    — Brayden Garcia July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026
Definition of states
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  • An only child, Adnan’s life and artistry were punctuated by the fall of ancient empires and flights into exile.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • After the United States was founded in 1776, leaders like Thomas Jefferson chose to emulate classical architecture when building its Washington, DC, capital as a nod to the democratic ideals of the Greek and Roman empires.
    — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 4 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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