enormous power

collocation in English

meaningsofenormousandpower

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enormous
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofenormousandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The hierarchical images of higher and lower still haveenormouspower.
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I believe many physicians do not realize theenormouspowertheir cultural and social authority has over patients.
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Churches, political parties, and local (town, city, county) governments wieldedenormouspowerand won intense personal loyalties as bodies politic.
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This community offered the po0 ssibility of social improvement, and therein lies theenormouspowerof the prophetic model.
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That is anenormouspower.
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Such individuals haveenormouspower.
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This is anenormouspower.
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It will haveenormouspower.
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They would haveenormouspower.
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Yet this body hasenormouspower.
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They gave themenormouspowerand encouragement.
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It hasenormouspoweramongst industrialists.
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The new clause gives himenormouspower.
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Do not supermarket chains haveenormouspower?
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But they wieldenormouspowerand authority.
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It givesenormouspowerto the coalowners.
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Enormouspoweris given to smaller parties.
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As a result of that, we hadenormouspower.
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They exerciseenormouspowerwithout being responsible to anybody.
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No one can dispute that the press hasenormouspower.
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I seeenormouspowerin having closed shops.
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These officials exercise anenormouspowerand great influence.
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They have discovered theirenormouspowerover the developed world.
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But that policy givesenormouspowerto the trade unions.
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It givesenormouspowerto these district auditors.
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