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
Though the film is an existential crisis saga about a man’s toxic relationship with his omnipotent mother, Aster crafts a literal depiction of la petite mort.
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Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 31 July 2024
Apparently, the omnipotent FBI and CIA failed in their ultimate goal of thwarting Jones.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
If God is omnipotent, all things must take place according to his will, and vice versa.
—Benjamín Labatut, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Meanwhile, Undertaker plays the omnipotent executioner who can’t quite get Michaels to the chopping block.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
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Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 31 July 2024
Apparently, the omnipotent FBI and CIA failed in their ultimate goal of thwarting Jones.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
If God is omnipotent, all things must take place according to his will, and vice versa.
—Benjamín Labatut, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Meanwhile, Undertaker plays the omnipotent executioner who can’t quite get Michaels to the chopping block.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
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Chasing after a simpler trail of culpability keeps us circling back, decade after decade, to figure out how the music industry that enabled R. Kelly, a church of the almighty dollar where the hit is holy, has yielded yet another golden-eared terror.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
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Nothing can get the almighty iPhone to cede its crown, but AirPods Pro’s value proposition skyrocketed into the stratosphere following this week’s update.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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For example, the AI workers would presumably need to be from that sovereign country.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Future drone swarms will dissolve and reconstitute themselves effortlessly in units of every size, much as elite special-operations forces are built from scalable detachments, each of which is capable of sovereign command.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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The diversification of ownership models vastly increased financial stakes, heralding a setup that replaces all-powerful managers with head coaches who appear highly expendable in the chain of command from sporting directors to chief executives to owners.Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
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Can a seemingly all-powerful two-party system ever be disrupted?Dustin Eide, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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But their partnership begins to fray when a divine spirit informs Sister Deborah that a Black woman, not a Black Jesus, will save them.Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
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The food was divine (Isle of Wight tomatoes!), the decor magical.Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Omnipotent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omnipotent. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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