superpower

Example Sentences

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The U.S. became an energy superpower through serendipity and policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Investment banking went on to underwrite construction of the railroad, the telephone, and an industrial revolution that turned America into an economic and military superpower.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

America is called a superpower because of its military.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

But the pressures on his superpower ally are growing, and each fatal missile strike makes it harder to declare victory at home.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

What we need is a form of hindsight that does not impose itself arbitrarily on the mentality of the revolutionary generation, does not presume that we are witnessing the birth of an inevitable American superpower.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis