potential
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The first minister would also not be drawn on how he would make savings to cover the potential £5bn shortfall in the public finances by the end of the decade.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The tearing mode experiment showed one of the clearest potential advantages of the system.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
He said they also discussed a potential winter aid package, including air defense, energy support and American liquefied natural gas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
She said the most recent series of eruptions do not have the potential to trigger a tsunami at this time.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Late that night, in a Washington, D.C., bar, two American reporters talked about the possibility of being sent to cover a potential American invasion of Cuba.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Despite being the world's top cassava producer, "when it comes to the yield, actual yield potentials and all of that, we are still way behind", Diebiru-Ojo said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 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
Without action potentials, a neuron's communication with other cells is greatly suppressed or even silenced.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2024
Moreover, both music aptitude and music achievement are dependent on audiation; i.e., our music learning potentials and our music learning achievements are based on our music thinking.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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