latent
Example Sentences
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Such clout also made Zhang a potential alternate power center to Xi, who has routinely neutered even latent threats to his dominance.
But Yoon also tapped into pre-existing anxieties and grievances, especially among young men, activating a latent undercurrent of discontent and driving it to the surface.
From BBC
It adds, however, that Russia “is in no position to make a bid for European hegemony” because European allies dwarf it in terms of population, economy, and thus latent military power.
“At a higher level, it is nearly impossible to determine which software exposures at BDCs contain the highest latent risk because they are investments in private companies,” he added.
From Barron's
The San Francisco Department of Public Health issued a health advisory last week after identifying three active cases and 50 latent cases of tuberculosis at Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times
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