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 • Apr. 1, 2026
Nvidia, which agreed in September to provide OpenAI with a blitz of its all-powerful computing chips, stated this month that it would likely not go forward with those plans.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
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 • Feb. 28, 2026
The only legal party in Vietnam, it has so far followed consensus-based decision-making, preventing the emergence of a single all-powerful leader.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
What he’d actually said was that nature was all-powerful and couldn’t care less if humans went extinct, but I didn’t bother to correct her.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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