as in empire
an extremely powerful nation
The country had become an economic superpower.
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Advertisement But some experts argue that the U.S. position as the standout superpower has come to an end and that the transition into a multipolar power is already underway.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 July 2025
Learning how to get better at small talk might not seem like much of a conversational superpower.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 3 July 2025
That race is now spilling across borders as the two superpowers vie for the business and collaboration of other countries, Toner said.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 July 2025
Zeke tries to zap his insufferable neighbor’s flower bed into ashes and realizes he’s lost his superpowers.
—Stacia Brown, Vulture, 2 July 2025
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 July 2025
Learning how to get better at small talk might not seem like much of a conversational superpower.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 3 July 2025
That race is now spilling across borders as the two superpowers vie for the business and collaboration of other countries, Toner said.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 July 2025
Zeke tries to zap his insufferable neighbor’s flower bed into ashes and realizes he’s lost his superpowers.
—Stacia Brown, Vulture, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superpower
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Now, with Hong Kong’s equity markets rebounding, Li is seizing a more favorable window to raise capital for the crown jewel of his business empire.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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High school projects could turn into Harvard case studies, teenage blogs into book deals, and college experiments into empire foundations.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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There's more than enough power in the iPhone Pro and Pro Max models to allow macOS to run smoothly on the hardware.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Big Brother went from America voting out the houseguests to the housemates voting out their own with weekly competitions to have ultimate power as Head of Household.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
5 July 2025
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So many state legislators and members of Congress turned up Saturday that they were split into multiple groups to view the facility.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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Wednesday, July 2: The Texas Division of Emergency Management activates state emergency response resources anticipating the threat of flooding in parts of West and Central Texas.—
HANNAH FINGERHUT,
Chicago Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Aside from the most ardent Bolsonaro loyalists, Brazilians—regardless of ideology—don't take kindly to foreign leaders telling them how to run their democracy.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Yoon’s shocking December declaration plunged South Korea into a constitutional crisis and was widely condemned as striking at the heart of the nation’s democracy.—
Yoonjung Seo,
CNN Money,
10 July 2025
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The ignorant need cultural immersion at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, which tells the story of those who fled the Cuban island that went from a free, prosperous republic to an oppressive, impoverished dictatorship within a single generation.—
Luka Ladan,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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France has meandered through five republics and two empires.—
The Editors,
National Review,
4 July 2025
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The Fantastic Four are invited to visit the isolated African kingdom of Wakanda by T’Challa, the nation’s young prince.—
Ekow Eshun
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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Though the kingdom’s low debt levels are the envy of most other countries, its finances are being stretched by the scale of its ambition.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
11 July 2025
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During the dictatorship, blackouts were used to control people.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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But if Trump’s Iran gamble turns out well and Iran’s theocratic dictatorship either crumbles or gives up its uranium enrichment program through diplomatic negotiations — a big if — Trump will be credited with having done something four previous presidents contemplated but ultimately failed to do.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2025
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Many countries now import large volumes of U.S. digital services, such as streaming platforms like Netflix, leading to a persistent U.S. surplus in services trade.—
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CNBC,
9 July 2025
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Tariffs on more than 100 countries with which the United States had a deficit?—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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“Superpower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superpower. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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