world power

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Recent Examples of world power But somewhere along the amicable journey toward a more independent Greenland actively involved in its own defense and security, a warming world with its increasingly accessible Arctic resources and declining sea ice caught the attention of nearly all world powers, great and small. Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2026 Amid the economic and social changes caused by decolonization, Britain struggled to redefine its place as world power without the credentials of a global empire. Time, 16 Oct. 2025 The model is South Korea, which within a few decades managed to build domestically a strong production sector and then emerged from an unknown country to a film, series and music world power. Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025 The war in Gaza between Israel and Palestine continues to cause global tensions and provoke further questions about diplomacy and the roles of world powers in the conflict. Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for world power
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Noun
  • Sidharth Kaushal, a research fellow in sea power at the Royal United Services Institute think tank, said mine-clearing and creating a warning system for maritime threats were more likely roles for the coalition than warships escorting commercial tankers though the strait.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But some historians have argued that this glossed a scheme to provide a bastion for British sea power in the eastern seas.
    Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But with great power comes great responsibility.
    Ryan Cormier, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The current reality also underlines the idea that external intervention and privileging war over diplomacy has made conflict resolution ever more difficult in a region with a long history of imperial expansion, great power competition and bitter political divides.
    Ioana Emy Matesan, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That aspiration was a kind of geopolitical superpower that no missile silo could replicate.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • But the loudest calls for an Open Division weren’t about showcasing superpowers.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026

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“World power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20power. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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