powers

Example Sentences

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The judges added that powers vested in the president, including supreme command of the armed forces and the authority to declare martial law, must be exercised to protect the nation's survival and security.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The Labour government recently proposed giving councils new powers to force fly-tippers to clean up waste they have dumped, and giving the Environment Agency police-style powers to investigate major waste sites.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Great powers, it turns out, don’t have as much power as they thought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“We wanted everyone to see what a complete and utter coward he is once you remove his powers, pretty much like every autocrat and strongman,” Kripke says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“Madame Ionesco, if a person—two persons to be precise—are not actually dead, but merely absent, would your soothsaying powers still enable you to send them a message?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood