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Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
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Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Next year could see a new degree of reckoning in this space as the IT trade itself and international governments start to look at real world power usage and consumption.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Lebanon's top officials have expressed support for one and said that world powers need to do more to restrain Israel.
—Maya Gebeily and James MacKenzie, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Iran is now producing uranium close to weapons-grade levels after the collapse of its nuclear deal with world powers after the Trump administration withdrew.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Next year could see a new degree of reckoning in this space as the IT trade itself and international governments start to look at real world power usage and consumption.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Lebanon's top officials have expressed support for one and said that world powers need to do more to restrain Israel.
—Maya Gebeily and James MacKenzie, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Iran is now producing uranium close to weapons-grade levels after the collapse of its nuclear deal with world powers after the Trump administration withdrew.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world power
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More to the point, sea power is about power projection for economic gain.Colin Flint, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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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, 3 Oct. 2024
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For the first time in a generation the United States faces a serious great power competitor.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Shrinking populations, stagnant economies, and the concentration of wealth in the United States make the rise of new great powers unlikely.Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Will Trump give up the chance for great deals? 7) Ukraine is also a tech superpower that already shares innovative information with the U.S. military.Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Canada is a natural resource superpower, and this fact would become part of the U.S. Second, Canada has vast unexploited potential, which would further boost U.S. GDP and GDP per capita over the medium-term.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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“World power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20power. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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