Great Power
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of Great Power
First recorded in 1725–35
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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
“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
In the Navy’s defense, threats shifted swiftly from the Cold War to the war on terror to the current Great Power Competition in which Russia and China are asserting themselves, he said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022
Of these Branchings one is manifested from Above—the Great Power, Mind of the universals, ordering all things, male; and the other from Below—Great Thought, female, generating all things.
From The Gnostic Crucifixion by Mead, G. R. S.
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