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Recent Examples of world power
The goal was to fend off attacks from world powers like the United States and Russia, both of which had intervened in the Syrian civil war to target Islamist groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS.
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Mostafa Salem, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
This concentration of nuclear capability continues to shape global security discussions and the balance of power between major world powers.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Next year could see a new degree of reckoning in this space as the IT trade itself and international governments start to look at real world power usage and consumption.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Mostafa Salem, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
This concentration of nuclear capability continues to shape global security discussions and the balance of power between major world powers.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Next year could see a new degree of reckoning in this space as the IT trade itself and international governments start to look at real world power usage and consumption.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world power
Noun
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More to the point, sea power is about power projection for economic gain.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2024
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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,
3 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The series takes the indelible line about the great responsibility that comes with great power and uses it to compare Spider-Man’s idealistic Boy Scout altruism to the goals of other characters who are good guys in their own minds, if not within the moral rubric of the show.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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This reliance undermines Russia’s status as a great power by forcing it to consider and consult with Beijing.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2025
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Nine percent of the latter end up with unpleasant conditions—these people are called Jokers—while 1 percent develop superpowers and are known as Aces.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the divisional round, a super-talented Bills team with so much promise eventually yielded the way to the final four to another AFC superpower.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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“World power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20power. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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