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The logic of power politics or great power rivalry is further diminishing the appetite of major powers for peacemaking.
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Galip Dalay, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
The Chinese, too, are absolutely shocked that a great power is menacing a small neighbor and inflicting regime change by military force.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
People also disagree about the requirements—what a country must do or possess—to be considered a great power.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2025
Okamoto and Murakami are both great power hitters and could be options at first or third base for teams this winter.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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Galip Dalay, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
The Chinese, too, are absolutely shocked that a great power is menacing a small neighbor and inflicting regime change by military force.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
People also disagree about the requirements—what a country must do or possess—to be considered a great power.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2025
Okamoto and Murakami are both great power hitters and could be options at first or third base for teams this winter.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great power
Noun
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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
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The United States has deployed three naval vessels—including two aircraft carriers—capable of operating F-35 stealth fighter jets across the Western Pacific this week amid China's rapidly growing sea power and expanding maritime activity in the region.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Jackson, the author of a new book, Splendid Liberators: Heroism, Betrayal, Resistance, and The Birth of American Empire, explains how Trump’s plan relies on the template set by the Spanish-American War, through which the U.S. rose as a world power and ended Spanish rule in the Western Hemisphere.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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At the time of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, $1 traded for 32,000 rials.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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When the media fails to provide the meta-view, when policymakers recycle failed economic tools, and when adversaries understand American history better than Americans do, the nation becomes reactive rather than responsive, and a reactive superpower is a vulnerable one.—
Carol L. Harris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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Whether Saturday night’s team figure skating men’s short program exposed cracks in Ilia Malinin’s invincibility or whether the sport’s self-proclaimed Quad God was simply saving his superpowers for later in the Games remains to be seen.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
8 Feb. 2026
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