The powers that be is a phrase that refers to those individuals or groups who collectively hold authority over a particular domain
The powers that be may also refer to:
Literature
- The Powers That Be (book), a 1979 book by David Halberstam
- Powers That Be, first book in the Petaybee Series by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
- Powers That Be, an American comic book series published by Broadway Comics
- "The Powers that Be", overruling entities in Diane Duane's Young Wizards series
- "The Powers that Be" was the original title of "The Stone of Threbe", eleventh episode of W.I.T.C.H
Music
Television
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