potential
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US President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as head of a new White House task force on artificial intelligence, amid increasingly vocal warnings from researchers about the technology's potential dangers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
If Sale starts Sunday, he also could start on traditional rest in a potential Game 5.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The three of them have been chatting with investors for potential funding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
By revealing this previously unknown link between leucine, protein quality control, and mitochondrial metabolism, the researchers have identified potential new targets for diseases in which cellular energy production is disrupted, including cancer and metabolic disorders.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
Fred would have already generated a short list of potential candidates.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
To make the system more powerful, the researchers combined the framework with machine learning potentials that capture how atoms interact and move.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
Other analysts are also optimistic about the company’s growth potentials.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
Virgil is an inspirational captain, a cool, calm defender who emits an aura of control that enables the rest of the team playing to fulfil their potentials.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
A couple of potentials he liked — Blood Reign and King’s Rain — linking the new band to Slayer’s best-known album, 1986’s “Reign in Blood,” were already in circulation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
A few of us agreed to help the coach run a clinic during the upcoming summer for the new varsity potentials to prep for the fall season.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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