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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Power in terms of the women available to a particular group or required for a particular task.
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Examples
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I think they share that 'womanpower' sisterhood thingy.
Obama Wins Maine By Large Margin, Signaling Dark Stretch Ahead For Hillary Camp 2009
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"Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building" through Jan. 28 at the Otis College of Art and Design, for instance, would probably be an amen-corner jumble were it not for the time, womanpower and scrutiny the gallery was able to give to wall upon wall, and vitrine upon vitrine, of primary source material from the mid-'70s salad days of the women's movement in the Los Angeles art world.
Laying Claim to Its Place in the Sun Peter Plagens 2011
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As a former elected official, I know that having the three "m's" of a campaign - money, message and manpower (or womanpower!) - are how we win elections.
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(Re: Elizabeth Gabler at Fox 2000, this terrific piece of womanpower has many more layers of male bosses above her than the pair I've cited.)
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As a former elected official, I know that having the three "m's" of a campaign - money, message and manpower (or womanpower!) - are how we win elections.
Nancy Keenan: Why NARAL Pro-Choice America Endorsed Barack Obama 2008
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We have the womanpower and the money to make our threat real.
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The IAFF could have easily put their name and their manpower or womanpower behind any of the higher-polling candidates.
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The IAFF could have easily put their name and their manpower or womanpower behind any of the higher-polling candidates.
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T.J. Holmes actually monitoring all the various affiliates, monitoring our live cameras, and all the man and womanpower that we have on this story today -- T.J. T.J. HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: Yes, like you said at the top today, Kyra, the pictures are appalling.
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The resume model spits in the face of supposed corporate efficiency, and the employer would never voluntarily enter a similar dynamic in terms of effort/risk/reward, when its money and womanpower was on the line.
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