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Recent Examples of great power
To explain just how improbable demands great power and responsibility.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
Unfortunately, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association holds great power in Sacramento.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
The person who has no inborn sense of aidos, who can neither sense nor respect the force fields surrounding the great powers, is in danger.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Chung balanced a lot of interesting applications like self-driving vehicles with the idea that great power comes with great responsibility.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
Unfortunately, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association holds great power in Sacramento.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
The person who has no inborn sense of aidos, who can neither sense nor respect the force fields surrounding the great powers, is in danger.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Chung balanced a lot of interesting applications like self-driving vehicles with the idea that great power comes with great responsibility.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great power
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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
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In Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, the United States and its coalition allies unleashed massive land, air, and sea power.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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His administration’s push on Iran to give up its nuclear program came after the U.S. and other world powers in 2015 reached 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,
15 June 2025
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In 2015, Iran and several world powers, including the United States, signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) limiting Iran's civilian nuclear program to peaceful purposes in exchange for lifting economic sanctions imposed on the country.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
2 July 2025
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Set in a retro-futuristic 1960s, the foursome have already begun working as a superhero team after receiving superpowers following a mission to space.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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Intuition and superpowers working together: Some of the most powerful ideas of First Steps deal with protecting an innocent child and the power that lies in the next generation.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
23 July 2025
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“Great power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20power. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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