all-powerful
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of all-powerful
First recorded in 1685–95
Example Sentences
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Modern-day California has never had that kind of all-powerful political machine.
From Los Angeles Times
It's an all-powerful office - the supreme leader is head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, including the elite Revolutionary Guards.
From BBC
Meant to be all-powerful and spellbinding, he comes across as merely eccentric.
He would build the onetime start-up into an all-powerful monopoly by ruthlessly buying—or destroying—the competition.
From Barron's
It’s undeniably good that entertainment-industry decision makers are no longer all-powerful arbiters of mass culture.
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