powerful entity

collocation in English

meaningsofpowerfulandentity

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powerful
adjective
uk
/ˈpaʊə.fəl/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ.fəl/
having a lot of power to control people ...
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entity
noun[C]
uk
/ˈen.tɪ.ti/us
/ˈen.t̬ə.t̬i/
something that exists apart from other things, having its own ...
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(Definition ofpowerfulandentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 1957, as apowerfulentitywith a tremendous cash flow, commercial television could offer the public what they wanted.
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It will create a versatile and extremelypowerfulentity.
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The subservience of the extraordinarilypowerfulentityto the wisher can be explained in several ways.
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The dominant entity in the suzerainty relationship, or the morepowerfulentityitself, is called a suzerain.
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He is an extremelypowerfulentity, though a bit insane.
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He is apowerfulentityhigh in the demonic hierarchy.
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Zamindar is apowerfulentityhaving control over an area.
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What sense of priority is it that leads to £10 million being spent not on the weakest but on the most powerful entities in the land—the trade unions?
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Above these levels exist even more powerful entities, who are rarely summoned.
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Alongside these powerful entities there were many smaller, petty states.
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Alongside these powerful entities were many smaller, petty states.
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The largest, most powerful entities with the strongest ties to the government and the heaviest regulatory burdens generally originated the safest, best performing mortgages.
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These beings are significantly powerful entities known as devas.
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Having formed this alliance to become one of the most dominant medical facilities in the country, the politically powerful entities joined forces in removing any obstacles to this master plan.
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