world power

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Recent Examples of world power Iran likely would not have been able to breach its nonproliferation obligations — as reported by the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency — had Trump not trashed the pact that President Obama and other world powers, including Russia, made with Iran to limit its nuclear program. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025 The 2015 deal, signed by Iran, the U.S. and other world powers, created a long-term, comprehensive nuclear agreement that limited Tehran’s enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025 The 2015 deal, signed by Iran, U.S., and other world powers, created a long-term, comprehensive nuclear agreement that limited Tehran’s enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. Aamer Madhani, Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2025 Those concerns among world powers and investors will only increase. Sara Braun, Fortune, 22 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for world power
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Noun
  • China's shipbuilding capacity also increasingly extends to sea power.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Japan and South Korea—both treaty allies of the United States in Northeast Asia—received new warships to bolster their sea power amid North Korea's ongoing naval modernization.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The notion of great powers came about to distinguish between the most and least powerful states.
    Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 16 July 2025
  • The story of great powers is not only one of conquest and competition.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • In today's environment, preventing burnout is a leadership superpower.
    Laurie Shakur, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Now, European soccer is joining America’s superpower sports in attempting to host fixtures beyond its native shores.
    Patrick Sung, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025

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