all-powerful
adjective
all-pow·er·ful
ˈȯl-ˈpau̇(-ə)r-fəl 
: having complete or sole power
an all-powerful leader
Examples of all-powerful in a Sentence
that country's monarch was never an all-powerful ruler, but one who shared power with a parliament
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The series centers on Maggie, an assistant within Britain’s intelligence agency The Circus, who discovers that Control – the agency’s all-powerful leader – has mysteriously vanished.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 July 2025
Despite their claims to the contrary, Big Tech is not all-powerful.
—Theresa Payton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
The top ethanol producer was agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland, whose former CEO helped finance the Watergate burglary, and whose reputation as an all-powerful force of corporate darkness would soon be satirized in The Informant!
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july 21, Literary Hub, 21 July 2025
The International Cricket Council’s all-powerful board met on Saturday in Singapore as part of the governing body’s annual conference.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 July 2025
Despite their claims to the contrary, Big Tech is not all-powerful.
—Theresa Payton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
The top ethanol producer was agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland, whose former CEO helped finance the Watergate burglary, and whose reputation as an all-powerful force of corporate darkness would soon be satirized in The Informant!
—Michael Grunwald
july 21, Literary Hub, 21 July 2025
The International Cricket Council’s all-powerful board met on Saturday in Singapore as part of the governing body’s annual conference.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
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“All-powerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-powerful. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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