tremendous power

collocation in English

meaningsoftremendousandpower

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tremendous
adjective
uk
/trɪˈmen.dəs/us
/trɪˈmen.dəs/
very great in amount or level, or ...
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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition oftremendousandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That same irony also endows it withtremendouspower.
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The first movement is played withtremendouspowerand rhythmic poise.
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That is atremendouspower.
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This is atremendouspower.
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It is atremendouspower.
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It will havetremendouspower.
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The liturgy, with its dramatic combination of word, sound, gesture and even fragrance, heldtremendouspowerto shape public opinion.
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That in itself is atremendouspower.
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Civil servants have acquiredtremendouspower.
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We are giving this bodytremendouspower.
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But the mayors and the local councillors havetremendouspower.
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Here we have, for the first time, thistremendouspower.
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That is thetremendouspowerof cumulative compound interest.
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Where is thistremendouspowerabout which we all tremble?
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Music is an instrument oftremendouspowerin education.
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They havetremendouspower—too much, perhaps—in the marketplace.
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Thattremendouspowercan be built up by others.
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The order hastremendouspoweron open-air meetings.
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That is atremendouspowerto seek to use.
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Look at thetremendouspowerwielded by the coal miners.
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At the same time, the very technology that forces this situation upon us also placestremendouspowerin the hands of individuals.
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They have won for themselvestremendouspowerin the trade and economy of this county.
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They will havetremendouspower, which nobody will be able to check.
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I think this illustrates perhaps better than anything else thetremendouspowerof television.
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That is atremendouspower, especially when it is exercised by many consumers.
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