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The problem comes at this point because the liquid loses its potency within an hour even in ideal conditions.

We need to believe that Taylor's actions yesterday are pure, or the transparency loses its potency.

Lukaku—a bull of a man who at 21 is shaping up to be a player of lasting potency—made an immediate, deadly impact.

If one word—soccer (or football)—sums up Uruguay, two words—Luis Suárez—capture the potency of the Uruguayan game.

There are thousands of different probiotic options on the market, all with varying potency and ingredients.

They have a living faith in the potency of the Horse-Guards, and in the maxim that "Safe bind is sure find."

The wine was strong, or this mountain air added to the potency of its effects upon us.

A more ghastly sight, or an object-lesson of more potency, could scarcely be imagined.

An attempt to imagine a body destitute of thy potency, would be to bankrupt and deaden the material universe.

The Egyptians obtained from that sacred land incense-bearing trees which had magical potency.

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On this page you'll find 103 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to potency, such as: capability, efficacy, efficiency, vigor, authority, and birr.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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