powers that be
Example Sentences
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As major league owners meet this week to plot strategy, the powers that be will consider the probable push for a salary cap.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
That's just ridiculous, so why do the powers that be often organise midweek games during these hectic final days, or even on deadline day itself?
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
Artists got an idea for a Museum of Contemporary Art off the ground in 1979, goading the wealthy and influential powers that be into action.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
But ultimately, the argument was a fabulous spectacle; zippy and podcast-y—the muscular elements of style that the powers that be assert the Democrats are missing.
From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025
He thanks the powers that be that Trina can’t read his mind.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
