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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
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Rank popularity for the word 'powers' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1518
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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
At the time, it may have seemed to an observer that someone who had mastered this techniquehad supernatural powers.
In my first two years I wasn't relying on executive powers because I had big majorities in the Congress and we were able to get bills done, get bills passed. And even after we lost the majorities in Congress, I bent over backwards consistently to try to find compromise.
For all this hype and hysteria, much of which I think is driven by fundraising for political purposes, the bottom line is there is not a fundamental shift in powers no matter what happens with this legislation, read it, just read it, there is not a fundamental shift out there.
In truth, attempts to regulate the civilian possession of firearms have five political functions. They (1) increase citizen reliance on government and tolerance of increased police powers and abuse; (2) help prevent opposition to the government; (3) facilitate repressive action by government and its allies; (4) lessen the pressure for major or radical reform; and (5) can be selectively enforced against those perceived to be a threat to government.
Love and respect woman. Look to her not only for comfort, but for strength and inspiration and the doubling of your intellectual and moral powers. Blot out from your mind any idea of superiority you have none.
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