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Definitions for powers
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Wiktionary
powersverb
Third person singular simple present form of to power.
powersnoun
Plural form of power.
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Powers
Powers is an American creator-owned police procedural comic book series by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Avon Oeming. The series' first volume was published by Image Comics from 2000 to 2004. In 2004 the series moved to Marvel Comics as a part of its Icon imprint. Combining the genres of superhero fantasy, crime noir and the police procedural, the series follows the lives of two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, who are referred to colloquially as "powers".
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powersnoun
Plural noun or verb form of the word power.
The powers in authority decided to put new legislation in place demanded by the people by order of priority.
Submitted by MaryC on July 5, 2016
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
POWERS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Powers is ranked #336 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Powers surname appeared 91,970 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 31 would have the surname Powers.
89.6% or 82,405 total occurrences were White.
5.1% or 4,736 total occurrences were Black.
2.3% or 2,198 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.6% or 1,518 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.6% or 598 total occurrences were Asian.
0.5% or 506 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'powers' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1518
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'powers' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2728
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of powers in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of powers in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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In coming weeks, the powers are liable to reach a framework agreement with Iran, an agreement liable to leave Iran as a nuclear threshold state, as prime minister of Israel, I am obligated to make every effort to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weaponry that will be aimed at the State of Israel. This effort is global and I will go anywhere I am invited to make the State of Israel's case and defend its future and existence.
Determining the propriety of a subpoena is a quintessentially judicial task that Supreme Court is well-equipped to undertake, supreme Court should do Supreme Court job, decide these cases on the merits, and, consistent with Supreme Court past precedent, hold that the subpoenas for Trump's financial records fall well within Congress' investigative powers.
Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul; and thus it may be looked on as weakness in the composition of human nature. But if we consider the frequent reliefs we receive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient, unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.
Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman:
There will be international coordination with major powers and international organizations ... in terms of operations in Syria and Iraq. We can't undertake these operations without coordinating with legitimacy in this place and the international community.
We appeal to all powers and neighboring states: Rojava needs support in training, equipment and technology.
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