as in almighty
having unlimited power or authority
the nearly universal religious belief that God is omnipotent and omniscient
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Recent Examples of omnipotent
The gods prove cruel but not omnipotent, and the modern settings exert their own redemptive pull; the final effect is that of a magic trick, in which the characters manage, in each film’s miraculous closing moments, to slip the bonds of tragedy.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
The room got quiet and sad—omnipotent AI was a horse of a different color.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
Oli Kay has touched on this today: the dying light of the days when a club’s manager was omnipotent.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
For decades during and after the Cold War, Turkey’s secularist devlet baba was seen as omnipotent, powerful, and almighty.
—Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2023
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
The room got quiet and sad—omnipotent AI was a horse of a different color.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
Oli Kay has touched on this today: the dying light of the days when a club’s manager was omnipotent.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
For decades during and after the Cold War, Turkey’s secularist devlet baba was seen as omnipotent, powerful, and almighty.
—Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for omnipotent
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By Rachael O'Connor Life and Trends Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 A family were left concerned after their daughter's request to be her teacher's assistant during summer school turned into an almighty row with the faculty's administration.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Even the almighty Los Angeles Dodgers cannot guarantee which of their uber-talented starters will still be upright by October.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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While pragmatism in foreign affairs is necessary, reducing the survival of a sovereign nation to a game of leverage risks trivializing the stakes at hand.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Unlike any other religious leader around the world, the leader of the world's one billion Catholics is also the leader of a sovereign nation.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
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Spanish regulators followed a long-standing national tradition of vesting regulatory authority in a single all-powerful administrator, the Bank of Spain, which left the country with no mechanism for correcting policy mistakes.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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The very principle that the country would not be ruled by an all-powerful king was foundational to the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed in the Constitution, the latter of which was hammered out during a contentious convention in 1787.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Family, friends and devoted fans are currently holding a vigil outside of the Advent Health Training Center, praying for divine intervention, but the prognosis is grim.—
Mike Bianchi,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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Others in light blue prayed for divine intervention, understanding little else could save UCLA.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Omnipotent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omnipotent. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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