hegemony
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Talk of America’s waning financial and economic hegemony has been greatly exaggerated.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 28, 2026
Every few years, some geopolitical friction sends commentators racing to declare the end of dollar hegemony and the collapse of the petrodollar.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Gorsuch, Neil M. T. “Overcoming a hegemony of ideas,” Columbia Spectator, Feb. 25, 1987.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
The Gulf Arab economies were built under the umbrella of American hegemony.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
The first period of hegemony was that of Chavin, which from about 700 b.c. to the dawn of the Christian era controlled the central coast of Peru and the adjacent mountains.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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