world power

noun

: a political unit (such as a nation or state) powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions

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Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and Audrey Hepburn were the era's biggest stars as President Dwight D. Eisenhower coasted easily to two presidential terms with the U.S. as a world power. —

Russell Contreras, Axios, 2 Nov. 2024 Other fears include world powers deploying nuclear weapons, terrorist attacks, biological warfare and not having enough money for the future. —

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024 Strategic competition between world powers should not result in a zero-sum outcome for the global economy. —

Vasuki Shastry, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 How an American team of retreads, castoffs, and one software engineer took down a dominant world power By Chris Heath Subscribe to Listen 00:0030:30 Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. —

Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for world power