as in empire
an extremely powerful nation
The country had become an economic superpower.
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Recent Examples of superpower
Another thing that Shakman does is showcase the superpowers but never overuses or over-eggs them.
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Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
The certainty of Galactus that only their child can assume his throne and free him from his insatiable hunger to consume worlds also raises doubts about Franklin developing superpowers, whereas all of Reed’s tests showed the baby to be an ordinary mortal.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
The inheritor of a real estate firm who launched and crashed multiple businesses and before playing a successful businessman as a character on TV is unsurprisingly not particularly prepared for the extraordinarily high stakes of running the globe’s preeminent superpower.
—New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
The actions also come at a fraught time for US-Sino relations as geopolitical competition and an escalating global trade war weigh on the superpowers.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 20 July 2025
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Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
The certainty of Galactus that only their child can assume his throne and free him from his insatiable hunger to consume worlds also raises doubts about Franklin developing superpowers, whereas all of Reed’s tests showed the baby to be an ordinary mortal.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
The inheritor of a real estate firm who launched and crashed multiple businesses and before playing a successful businessman as a character on TV is unsurprisingly not particularly prepared for the extraordinarily high stakes of running the globe’s preeminent superpower.
—New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
The actions also come at a fraught time for US-Sino relations as geopolitical competition and an escalating global trade war weigh on the superpowers.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superpower
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Stewart’s Croquet & Cocktails is his newest venture, joining an empire that also includes the Woodshed Smokehouse, Love Shack (Fort Worth and DFW Airport), Queenie’s Steakhouse in Denton, the White Elephant Saloon, Gemelle, Ático, Paloma Suerte, Caterina’s and Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 July 2025
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This year’s gathering, which drew scores of longtime Elon Musk fans, expanded to encompass SpaceX and the other companies in Musk’s overlapping business empire.—
Dana Hull,
Fortune,
27 July 2025
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Part of the reason for this gap between power users and typical users is the route by which students have become aware of ChatGPT.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Trump has the power to pardon Maxwell or to commute her sentence.—
Aysha Bagchi,
The Courier-Journal,
30 July 2025
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While some visited from hours away and neighboring states, Zibell and his family live nearby in Sussex.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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On Thursday, Brown said 500 emergency personnel from across the county and state have been working around the clock on rescue and recovery since July 5.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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Aside from the most ardent Bolsonaro loyalists, Brazilians—regardless of ideology—don't take kindly to foreign leaders telling them how to run their democracy.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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These actions seek to undermine the very fabric of the democracy on which the Council of Europe and its member States are founded by their destruction of individual freedoms, their suppression of political liberties and their blatant disregard for the rule of law.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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From the Cossack republics of the 17th century to the Maidan uprising of 2014, Ukraine has consistently supported freedom and pluralism.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Our nation has morphed far beyond the republic that the founders initially imagined.—
Joanna Allhands,
AZCentral.com,
4 July 2025
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Because once somebody is in the kingdom, things can happen to them, and the Western press doesn't really know.—
Edward Felsenthal,
Time,
23 July 2025
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Over the same period, Saudi Arabia’s citizens gained visa-free access to four countries, bringing its total to 91 countries, which lifts the kingdom four places to No. 54.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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During the dictatorship, blackouts were used to control people.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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But if Trump’s Iran gamble turns out well and Iran’s theocratic dictatorship either crumbles or gives up its uranium enrichment program through diplomatic negotiations — a big if — Trump will be credited with having done something four previous presidents contemplated but ultimately failed to do.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2025
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Three of the world’s most powerful Western nations have added their economic and geopolitical clout to calls for a Palestinian state, an idea already endorsed by more than 140 other countries.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
2 Aug. 2025
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Schriver reiterated calls to rein in pharmacy benefit middlemen and take on foreign countries shirking their responsibility, and raised the specter of losing ground to China, an area of concern to Trump.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Aug. 2025
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