Great Power
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Great Power
First recorded in 1725–35
Example Sentences
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The first 80: “Since Japan surrendered in September, 1945, the world has lived in the longest peace—the longest period without Great Power war—since the Roman Empire.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
But it is also a preview of what the opening beats of a modern Great Power conflict could look like.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024
Fernando Chicharro Méndez, head of the team float bearers in Madrid’s Jesus of the Great Power and Macarena Brotherhood, has carried floats for 25 years.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023
“In the two current Great Power competitions, the United States is essentially on the tactical defensive,” he points out.
From Washington Post • May 4, 2022
Months later, he heard that Sir Somebody Something was deeply interested in his comments on the activity of a certain Great Power in the neighborhood of Britain’s chief coaling-stations in the Indian Ocean.
From Cynthia's Chauffeur by Tracy, Louis
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