residual power
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of residual power
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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In that case, she said, the Supreme Court also stated that former presidents retained some residual power to invoke executive privilege.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2022
His residual power, which he must use or lose, is to influence his party’s selection of candidates for state and federal offices.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022
I am not looking to date him and I understand that even after I graduate there will be residual power dynamics in his favor, or so I read.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2015
Huang chose to sign with ABC in deference to the residual power of network television to alter mass perceptions about race, and he had hoped to portray the Asian-immigrant experience without equivocation or compromise.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2015
Others disintegrated on their own as the residual power of Diocletian’s sceptre finally failed.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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