Great Power
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of Great Power
First recorded in 1725–35
Example Sentences
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Eisenhower was dismissive of Churchill’s attempts to revive the wartime spirit of Great Power summitry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“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
As he relates in his memoir, “The Back Channel,” Burns added that Russian “interest in playing a distinctive Great Power role” would “sometimes cause significant problems.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2022
“Containment is an alternative to war against a rising China,” Professor Mearsheimer proposed in his book “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics.”
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2017
But Belgium was not a Great Power like Germany, which acquired its African colonies at the same time, in a similar manner.
From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Cammaerts, Emile
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