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Recent Examples of great power
Southeast Asian nations have carefully navigated the rivalries between major powers, including China, amid the great power competition.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
More generally, Trump’s geopolitical vision favors stable spheres of influence, where great powers set the rules.
—Ryan D. Griffiths, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025
In an era where great power competition is no longer theoretical, and where deterrence relies on visible strength and competent leadership, the U.S. must avoid moves that may indicate a lessoning in regional leadership, engagement, and/or concern.
—David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
But for the strategic peninsula, being at the nexus of great power competition is nothing new.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
More generally, Trump’s geopolitical vision favors stable spheres of influence, where great powers set the rules.
—Ryan D. Griffiths, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025
In an era where great power competition is no longer theoretical, and where deterrence relies on visible strength and competent leadership, the U.S. must avoid moves that may indicate a lessoning in regional leadership, engagement, and/or concern.
—David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
But for the strategic peninsula, being at the nexus of great power competition is nothing new.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great power
Noun
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In Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, the United States and its coalition allies unleashed massive land, air, and sea power.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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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,
25 Mar. 2025
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Major world powers, including in Europe, have agreed to prevent Russia from selling oil into global markets for more than $60 per barrel.—
Jeanna Smialek,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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But experts fear his radical turn from decades of trade practices and his erratic policy announcements will upend the balance of world power and leave the U.S. in a weakened position.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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That made Natalia feel special, like speaking another language was a superpower instead of a disability.—
Megan Greenwell,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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Liberation Weekend’s rejection of the gender binary went hand-in-hand with its refusal to be boxed in by rigid genre labels, harnessing sonic diversity as a superpower.—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
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“Great power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20power. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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