potency
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He also designed a container to transport the vaccine, to minimize contact with heat and air to ensure its potency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
"I was being prescribed the strongest potency, I was rubbing it on the affected areas but within minutes the inflammation was back."
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Even something like “Perfect Days” — Wenders’ most recent narrative film, a simple but moving meditation on the beauty of life and routine — has the potency of politics in its bones.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
When viruses change the structures on their surface, previously effective vaccines may lose potency.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
Hence a “dead” image lost its potency after the killing ritual had been performed and could be disregarded when the spell had to be renewed.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Vocabulary lists containing potency
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor
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Novel Study: The Scarlet Letter, Chapters 9–15
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"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 17
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