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The great power of the movie, beyond the passionate specifics of its romantic dramas, is in the distillation of an enormous vision of historical unity.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
The idea was to replace the chaos of great power politics and shifting alliances with a predictable world governed by shared rules and norms.
—Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
What matters is the strategic interplay of the great powers.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
Short of a grand scheme, however, a practical peace process that brings in both great powers and frontline states is possible in Ukraine.
—G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2025
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
The idea was to replace the chaos of great power politics and shifting alliances with a predictable world governed by shared rules and norms.
—Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
What matters is the strategic interplay of the great powers.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
Short of a grand scheme, however, a practical peace process that brings in both great powers and frontline states is possible in Ukraine.
—G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great power
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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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This cooperation makes sense in purely military terms for Russia, a mutually beneficial project of sea power projection.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
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Iran’s economy has been severely affected by international sanctions, particularly after Trump unilaterally withdrew America from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Iran’s economy has been severely affected by international sanctions, particularly after President Trump unilaterally withdrew America from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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The legacy of colonialism and Cold War entanglements that drew parts of the region into superpower rivalries and proxy wars left many Southeast Asian countries wary of aligning too closely with any one major power.—
Lynn Kuok,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine triggered the worst confrontation between Moscow and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis - which is considered to be the time when the two Cold War superpowers came closest to intentional nuclear war.—
Guy Faulconbridge,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Great power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20power. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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