as in almighty
having unlimited power or authority
that country's monarch was never an all-powerful ruler, but one who shared power with a parliament
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Recent Examples of all-powerful
There has been some innuendo that the all-powerful International Cricket Council board will hold an emergency meeting soon, but it is learned that nothing is planned at this stage.
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Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
There’s a Shakespearean grandeur to David King, the all-powerful New York music-label boss who’s famous for his unerring ability to spot rising talent.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
The more insidious threats are the stealthy startups that seemingly couldn’t pose a real threat to a company run by one of these all-powerful leaders.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
More subtly, Leo XIII believed that the erosion of church and family created a dangerous vacuum filled by an increasingly pervasive and all-powerful nexus of secular economic and political power.
—R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
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Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
There’s a Shakespearean grandeur to David King, the all-powerful New York music-label boss who’s famous for his unerring ability to spot rising talent.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
The more insidious threats are the stealthy startups that seemingly couldn’t pose a real threat to a company run by one of these all-powerful leaders.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
More subtly, Leo XIII believed that the erosion of church and family created a dangerous vacuum filled by an increasingly pervasive and all-powerful nexus of secular economic and political power.
—R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-powerful
Adjective
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The YouTube hysteria proved an almighty distraction.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Sure enough, the video confirmed Lily as the guilty party, with the husky opting to occupy herself with the plant, resulting in one almighty mess.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And whaddya know, another merger requiring approval from Trump et al in order to create a sprawling, omnipotent conglomerate of 265 television stations in 44 states.—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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They have been denounced as lecherous predators and as omnipotent conspirators, as arch-Bolsheviks and arch-capitalists.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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So, in the UAE, we're partnered with Abu Dhabi, and there's two funds that have invested Mubadala, which is one of the sovereign wealth funds and IHC, another one of the sovereign wealth funds.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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More recently, the firm advised the government on many of its international bond sales and helped finance the sovereign wealth fund’s $55 billion purchase of Electronic Arts.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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“All-powerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-powerful. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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