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hegemony

[hi-jem-uh-nee, hej-uh-moh-nee] / hɪˈdʒɛm ə ni, ˈhɛdʒ əˌmoʊ ni /


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Talk of America’s waning financial and economic hegemony has been greatly exaggerated.

From MarketWatch Jun. 28, 2026

That means "a favourable but durable balance of power in which no state, including China, can impose its hegemony and hold the security or prosperity of our nation and our allies in question", he added.

From Barron's May 30, 2026

While both governments oppose what they view as "Western hegemony", their approaches to this can diverge.

From BBC May 18, 2026

Gorsuch, Neil M. T. “Overcoming a hegemony of ideas,” Columbia Spectator, Feb. 25, 1987.

From Slate May 13, 2026

They were convinced that he was continuing to grow as a player, and that unless something were done quickly, he’d smash the Soviets’ hegemony.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

I am not among the man’s harshest critics, in part because I believe that all tech-company hegemonies are destined to decline, sooner or later.

From Time Aug. 23, 2013

But these days I encounter more and more Americans who’ve unshackled themselves from outdated cultural hegemonies.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2013

Europe under the successive spiritual hegemonies of Athens, Rome, and Paris remained the most admirable centre of human development that has ever been.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

There would be no more talk of honour and annexations, hegemonies and trade routes, but only Europe lamenting for her dead....

From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The varying confederacies and hegemonies are the nearest approach to anything of the kind.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various




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