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an extremely powerful nation
The country had become an economic superpower.
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Keep only what uses your unique superpowers.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
These countries banded together and, through years of hard-nosed negotiations, secured a compromise with the superpowers.
—Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
His predictions in VentureBeat outline the evolution of existing tools, like smart phones, wearables and more - so that our current abilities turn into superpowers.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Sixty-seven countries joined the effort to expand scientific knowledge, and the two superpowers announced plans to launch rockets that could orbit the Earth.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Will Taiwan have to worry about not one but two global superpowers encroaching?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Dec. 2024
They are thought of as the missiles which could level entire cities and threaten major global superpowers.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Study your superpowers and natural talents.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The issue has emerged as a significant factor in the tensions plaguing ties between Beijing and Washington as the two superpowers engage in global competition.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
Jodie Cook, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
These countries banded together and, through years of hard-nosed negotiations, secured a compromise with the superpowers.
—Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
His predictions in VentureBeat outline the evolution of existing tools, like smart phones, wearables and more - so that our current abilities turn into superpowers.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Sixty-seven countries joined the effort to expand scientific knowledge, and the two superpowers announced plans to launch rockets that could orbit the Earth.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Will Taiwan have to worry about not one but two global superpowers encroaching?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Dec. 2024
They are thought of as the missiles which could level entire cities and threaten major global superpowers.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Study your superpowers and natural talents.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The issue has emerged as a significant factor in the tensions plaguing ties between Beijing and Washington as the two superpowers engage in global competition.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Superpowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superpowers. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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