absolute power
Example Sentences
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The historian argued that Castro feared any rapprochement with Washington would spur political and economic reforms on the island that would jeopardise his absolute power.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
But time and again the poisonous isolation that absolute power imposes on its wielders blunted the edge of their insight and degraded the capacity of their societies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
But over there, long after successive monarchs surrendered their absolute power, it has come to represent tradition, national unity and stability.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 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
