as in empire
an extremely powerful nation
The country had become an economic superpower.
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Recent Examples of superpower
And part of his superpower, and inarguably that of Donald Trump, is a shameless ability to be himself.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
The Pentagon on Monday labeled Tencent, the Chinese social media and gaming giant, as a Chinese military business operating in the United States, the latest action in an escalating series of retaliatory moves between the world’s two superpowers.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
His predictions in VentureBeat outline the evolution of existing tools, like smart phones, wearables and more - so that our current abilities turn into superpowers.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
In 2017, for example, President Xi Jinping announced plans for China to become an AI superpower by 2030.
—Verity Harding, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
The Pentagon on Monday labeled Tencent, the Chinese social media and gaming giant, as a Chinese military business operating in the United States, the latest action in an escalating series of retaliatory moves between the world’s two superpowers.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
His predictions in VentureBeat outline the evolution of existing tools, like smart phones, wearables and more - so that our current abilities turn into superpowers.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
In 2017, for example, President Xi Jinping announced plans for China to become an AI superpower by 2030.
—Verity Harding, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superpower
Noun
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Her empire is built on talent and beauty and backbone.—
Rick Bragg,
Southern Living,
8 Jan. 2025
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But on this southern front of the Trump empire, Palm Beach County, Donald Trump is flirting with ignoble defeat.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The power of PileMate in Sag Harbor is prominent, especially in wintertime.—
Lauren Carpenter,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power that it may be forced to cut off power supply—with outages potentially lasting as long as 48 hours—in certain areas as a safety measure to prevent wildfires while the Red Flag Warning remained in effect.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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In general, brain rot can also refer to surrealist content created to entertain people whose attention spans have presumably withered away thanks to time spent scrolling, or to a state of general onlineness that has rewired one’s mind.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2025
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This would likely force states to cut services, further restrict eligibility or both.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The post-Cold War era of America as sole superpower has evolved into a multipolar world where the United States confronts an alliance of autocracies that believe liberal democracy is a dying political system — even as many Americans have lost faith in their institutions.—
Trudy Rubin,
The Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2025
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But the notion that in 2025 the real threat to democracy comes from the sort of marginal neo-Nazi Facebook posters that liberal groups have been obsessing about for the last several years is risible.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Doubtless, this is how Franklin found himself in Paris, persuading an absolute monarch to back the birth of a republic.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Since its founding as a republic, Turkey had been charting a future based on a clean break with its Ottoman past, a time when Constantinople ruled Syria, but Erdogan openly embraced that past as a means to establish Turkey as a major power.—
Alia Malek,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Biden administration has especially pushed for this arrangement as part of broader deal with Riyadh that would also involve greater U.S. security guarantees for the kingdom and closer cooperation in various fields, including nuclear energy.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
12 Jan. 2025
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For history buffs or curious travelers alike, this makes Brixworth a unique window into a time when the country was still divided into Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
29 Dec. 2024
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Since the peaceful revolution against the Assad dictatorship in 2012, the United States found ways to advance change.—
Brandon Hoffman,
New York Daily News,
16 Jan. 2025
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For his part, Rubio kept a serious stance while making his case for the new role and speaking out against dictatorship regimes, but also, kept several exchanges with senators lighter at times.—
Claudia Grisales,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2025
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Australia is a long way from Nashville, but that hasn’t stopped the Wiggles from saddling up with some country friends for their upcoming album Wiggle Up, Giddy Up!, out March 7.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2025
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Other countries, such as Ethiopia, Lebanon and Syria were added more recently.—
Hamed Aleaziz,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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