Meanings
- not comparableSomewhat powerful.
Then, in deference to Nevada’s Harry Reid, the semipowerful Senate majority leader, the caucuses were moved to January, creating a sense of excitement and New Hampshire-like entitlement on the part of the local population.
2008 January 19, Gail Collins, “Fear and Voting in Las Vegas”, in New York Times
Origin
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semipowerful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semipowerful
“semipowerful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semipowerful. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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