How to Use balance of power in a Sentence

balance of power

noun phrase
  • Think of it as a true balance of power and presence.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The trip helped reshape the global balance of power.
    — NBC news, 17 May 2026
  • The new space race has the potential to shape the global balance of power.
    — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • And Europe’s balance of power shifted for decades.
    — Marek Niedzwiedz, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • This tool aims to shift the regional balance of power against Chinese naval strength.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Two of the elections ended, and there was a major upset in the countries’ balance of power.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2025
  • The global balance of power is being rewritten.
    — Mircea Geoană, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Today's world order is based once again on a balance of power among several near-peer competitors.
    — John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • That will shift the domestic balance of power away from proponents of the green transition.
    — Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The Phillies had a strong rotation, a lights-out closer, and a lineup that had a good balance of power and on-base threat.
    — Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Meredith’s sense of the shifting balance of power in publishing had been keen, and accurate.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • An elderly Senate can make a fragile balance of power even more fragile.
    — Graham Underwood, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2023
  • That's a near-impossible feat with the current balance of power in the Senate.
    — Avery Lotz, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But the current balance of power in Tehran will prevent Pezeshkian from making deeper changes.
    — Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 16 July 2024
  • Beware of those who promise a new dawn, the birth of a new Middle East, a new balance of power in the region.
    — Ben Wedeman, CNN, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Most importantly, there’s a better balance of power between buyers and sellers than there has been in years.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This shift was in part to alter the dramatic balance of power between Stanley and Blanche.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Namely, to ensure the revenue-sharing balance of power continues to tip in their favor.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
  • But Hezbollah’s rise in the last three decades has fundamentally altered this balance of power.
    — Maryclare Roche, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2024
  • This balance of power and ease of use could be key in winning over EV owners who are cautious about switching to new systems.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But the contempt power significantly shakes up that balance of power.
    — Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Most documentary films instead deal with topics such as the creation of art, balances of power, and social justice.
    — PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The three leaders’ decisions and balance of power will impact millions and shape global politics for decades to come.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Cardinale believes that technology can shift that balance of power back to creatives.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
  • In the context of sweeping changes in the regional balance of power, these moves pave the way for a new order in the Middle East.
    — James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Part of this changing balance of power is related to uncertainty in the economy.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 14 June 2023
  • At the top, that starts with the Israel-Hamas war potentially tilting the global balance of power.
    — WSJ, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Autocratic leaders are unconstrained by law and balance of power, using force to impose their will on others.
    — Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Nations are racing to master critical technologies that will define the global balance of power for decades.
    — Markus Pflitsch, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Ankara’s strong support for Syrian rebels has disrupted the regional balance of power.
    — Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024

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