Powers

[pou-erz]

noun

1. Hiram, 1805–73, U.S. sculptor.

Example Sentences

“He’s been politically successful operating as a victim. That’s really been his political persona, as a senator and as president—the victim of the powers that be and the champion of the real people.”

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The regulator recommended it use its own recently-acquired powers to investigate whether to designate Amazon and Microsoft as having "strategic market status" - which would allow it to demand changes to boost competition.

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Before a half-billion dollar contract solidified the Toronto Blue Jays’ status as one of baseball’s pre-eminent economic powers, there was George Springer.

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As Mr. Potter puts it, producing goods and services “with fewer resources—improving what we’ll call production efficiency—is the force behind some of the largest and most consequential changes in human history. Efficiency is the engine that powers human civilization.”

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Both powers see Russia’s current alignment with China as a national-security threat and would like to pull the two apart.

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• committee 
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• ministry 
• presidency