higher power
noun
: a spirit or being (such as God) that has great power, strength, knowledge, etc., and that can affect nature and the lives of people
belief in a higher power
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While a repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act is unlikely, even if the law were overturned, AES could pass higher costs to customers through higher power agreement prices, leaving returns largely unchanged, the analyst said.
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024
The commonality across latitudes is the desire to make sense of our presence in this plane of existence, to understand ourselves in the context of a larger plan written by the hand of a higher power.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
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Yet despite leaving the church, her faith in a higher power has only grown.
—Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2024
Her salvation, her higher power, was art, music, books, movies, theater — her source of comfort that had showed her the way as a young girl, until the end.
—Anne Lamott, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024
The commonality across latitudes is the desire to make sense of our presence in this plane of existence, to understand ourselves in the context of a larger plan written by the hand of a higher power.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
Trump Has Promised to Do in a Second Term
The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
The 50 Worst Decisions in Movie History
Yet despite leaving the church, her faith in a higher power has only grown.
—Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2024
Her salvation, her higher power, was art, music, books, movies, theater — her source of comfort that had showed her the way as a young girl, until the end.
—Anne Lamott, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Higher power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/higher%20power. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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