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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
Examples of Powers in a Sentence
Thomas Jefferson, (Notes on Virginia, 1782):
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.
I don't think any of the other people who filled out the form have any psychic powers, but I'm not 100% sure.
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives to his life by the unfolding of his powers.
The highest of high crimes is abuse of power. It occurs when a President uses his official powers to serve his own personal, selfish interests at the expense of the public good.
Catholic Church is Catholic Church, and we believe that Catholic Church could restore Catholic Church moral voice and credibility if Catholic Church practiced gender equity. Equality for women and girls changes the world, it's easy for some of us in Western countries to opt out of the church's powers, but in a lot of communities, Catholic Church runs the only hospital or the only school. The theology that teaches that girls are somehow subservient or the complements to men filters through, and that gets taught around the world.
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