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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world power
Noun
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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
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To military experts, Trump’s fleet would be hopelessly unsuited to strategic and tactical threats that are already faced by American sea power and likely to become more dangerous by the time the vessels could be deployed.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There’s a great power in doing this, but also a great danger.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
1 Apr. 2026
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This population crisis feeds into a post-imperial syndrome, where the decline of empire and power status invokes a sense of loss of self-importance that gives rise to resentment and an unwavering commitment to retain great power status.—
John Rennie Short,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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While some other creatures, most notably salamanders and starfish, can regenerate entire limbs, mammals don’t have this evolutionary superpower.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
9 Apr. 2026
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Finding the mysticism in pedestrian life requires artful transfiguration, which is Moales’ lyrical superpower.—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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“World power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20power. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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