absolute power
Example Sentences
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Still, Morena remains short of absolute power and it faces midterm elections next June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo now hold absolute power over the country.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
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
This is the type of monarchy embodied by Prince Carlo’s Bourbon ancestor, that very same Louis XIV who ruled by divine right and sought absolute power.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2024
It is impossible for contemporary Americans to fully comprehend what it meant to live under a system in which some individuals had absolute power over others.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
