hyperpower
Britishnoun
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an extremely powerful state that dominates all other states in every sphere of activity
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the power wielded by such a state
Example Sentences
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Two decades of Mr. Biden’s 50-odd years in public life were spent during the Cold War and a third during the 1990s with the United States as a hyperpower.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021
The year was 1991 and the United States was suddenly the globe's lone superpower, its ultimate hyperpower, the last and greatest of its kind, the soon-to-be-indispensable nation.
From Salon • Sep. 10, 2020
To be sure, the State Department was never a progressive bastion, not during the Cold War years nor in the era when America was the global hyperpower.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2020
With all the vast resources of a hyperpower at the President's disposal, that was not a wholly unrealistic objective.
From Time • May 2, 2011
The book says I gotta stick around until you come aboard, until you get underway on hyperpower, or until there just ain't any more ship or crew....
From Spillthrough by Galouye, Daniel F.
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