absolute power
Example Sentences
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Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo now hold absolute power over the country.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
“He attained absolute power and lost sight of the goal,” said milk farmer Imre Barna, 32, standing in front of a stall selling “Make Hungary Great Again” T-shirts with Orbán’s picture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
In “1984,” Big Brother survives by wielding absolute power; freedom is flattened by the thudding steps of a goose-stepping soldier and by language that makes those steps seem necessary.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
He saw King George III’s rule as the epitome of tyranny, and warned that “a thirst for absolute power is the natural disease of monarchy.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025
The problem these fifty-nine years has been this: how can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God?
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
