as in empire
an extremely powerful nation
The country had become an economic superpower.
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Recent Examples of superpower
One of the most dazzling superpowers of using toothpaste as a cleaner can be seen in a gleaming shower door.
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Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Making reservations is Cindy’s superpower.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Osaka, who has rediscovered her big-point superpower the past few weeks, edged the opener 6-4, breaking serve while holding a 5-4 lead.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Turns out Hester boycotted Morticia and Gomez’s wedding and declined all family gatherings over the years because she was underwhelmed by Gomez, an Outcast without a superpower.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Making reservations is Cindy’s superpower.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Osaka, who has rediscovered her big-point superpower the past few weeks, edged the opener 6-4, breaking serve while holding a 5-4 lead.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Turns out Hester boycotted Morticia and Gomez’s wedding and declined all family gatherings over the years because she was underwhelmed by Gomez, an Outcast without a superpower.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superpower
Noun
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The first part of the movie is devoted to taking us inside his local empire of warped belief, which skews right-wing.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Bad Boy Records, which is just one part of Combs' business empire, has sold more than half a billion records.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Expect spectacle, but also a story about claiming identity and embracing power.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
10 Sep. 2025
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Boise trustees have the unusual power to increase or decrease property tax collections.—
Kevin Richert,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Estonia -- which shares a 183-mile frontier with Russia -- is now the only Baltic state not to have imposed new airspace restrictions along its eastern border.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Prior to the new funding plan, the project had secured about $27 billion, the bulk of it provided by state sources.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The simultaneous invasions by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union at the beginning of World War II in 1939 nearly led to the erasure of Poland, which went on to survive after the conflict as a Soviet satellite state until transitioning to democracy in 1989 and joining NATO a decade later.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Slattery sees the relevance of telling the story now, especially as the world contends with new threats to democracy.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Fifth Republic, founded by President de Gaulle in 1958, was designed to end the chronic instability that had plagued France’s Third and Fourth republics earlier in the 20th century.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Founders were part-time statesmen whose duty was to put the long-term interests of the fledgling republic ahead of personal interests.—
Les Rubin,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Hence, the Hollow Knight is starting to crack, and is leaking Radiance all over the place, which is why the bugs of the kingdom have lost their minds.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Over the past two decades the kingdom has largely been ruled by the Shinawatras or their proxies, or the military.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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No, a dictatorship is not the same as democracy.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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First, the Chavist regime of Nicolás Maduro is not operating like a real state or even a classic dictatorship.—
Kristina Foltz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Neural highways that once buzzed with activity are becoming quiet country roads, rarely traveled and slowly overgrown.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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This administration is trying to thrust our country into turmoil in order to reap power for themselves.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Superpower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superpower. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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