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Sánchez, during his meeting with Xi, praised China as the only major world power that could end the war in Iran and other conflicts such as in Ukraine.
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron called for the EU to become a true world power, in both economic and military terms, and reduce its dependency on the US.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 10 Feb. 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
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron called for the EU to become a true world power, in both economic and military terms, and reduce its dependency on the US.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 10 Feb. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world power
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Iran’s conventional navy warships might be largely destroyed, but analysts say that’s never where its true sea power lay.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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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
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The South Caucasus rarely commands attention until war breaks out, pipelines are threatened, or a great power expands its footprint.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Salomonsson’s trajectory is likely to be closer to Samberg’s, giving Winnipeg a shutdown defenseman with more puck skill than the Jets’ next great power-play defenseman.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
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SpaceX is now the global superpower in terms of total rocket launches, with an average of three lift-offs per week in 2025, more than NASA or any other government space agency.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Luckily, one of her superpowers is persistence.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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“World power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20power. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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