awesome power

collocation in English

meaningsofawesomeandpower

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awesome
adjective
uk
/ˈɔː.səm/
us
/ˈɑː.səm/
causing feelings of great admiration, respect, ...
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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/
us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofawesomeandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofawesome power

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It is anawesomepower.
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A recognition of theawesomepowerof nature, and the limits of the western landscape, infused his agenda.
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These songs represent theawesomepowerof railroad machinery and reflect the often dispiriting separation of people.
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It is anawesomepower, and it threatens our democracy.
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And we documented the public fears - or hopes - that geneticists will soon acquire theawesomepowerto determine the human future.
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The argument is that without an ethic of exploration we cannot truly appreciate the wildness, the irreducibility, theawesomepowerof nature.
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Yet, in public discourse in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the jobber was often represented as a figure ofawesomepower.
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In that case, there will be anawesomepowerof money behind one position.
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That is anawesomepowerwhich is rightly denied to the private citizen.
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This is the simple butawesomepowerof love.
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Bearing in mind theawesomepowerhe had over high risk investment, is that a unique situation in the banking industry?
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That power should, of itself, be engaged in countering theawesomepowerof government, and of great wealth, privilege and influence.
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Our infinite imaginations, ourawesomepowerand our need for security make almost anything possible.
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It is difficult enough if thatawesomepoweris used against a political party, but it is a terrifying power when it is used against the individual.
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Demither is a person ofawesomepower, who lives in water, often as a kind of serpent or wild mermaid.
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