powerful nation

Example Sentences

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On the one hand, America’s is a story of greatness: The U.S. is the wealthiest and most powerful nation on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

America is the wealthiest, most powerful nation on earth and has been since at least the turn of the 20th century.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025

While attending church with the former president of the most powerful nation in the world is an attraction, people are not necessarily packing churches to hear just any government leader teach Bible study, she said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023

“It will be one night where the people who are in the highest offices in the most powerful nation in the world will honor hip-hop music and one of its daughters.”

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

By 1914, the German Empire, with its dynamic economy and industrial might, had emerged as the most powerful nation on the continent of Europe.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman