latent

Example Sentences

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She wants to show how there’s latent wisdom to the rule that was incorporated into this history.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

He brings out the sweetness latent in Richard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

"Cardiac disease can have what we call a latent period – it may not manifest at the time of a screen and instead happen down the line," says Augustine.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

What’s missing is any account of the mechanisms that translate latent capacity into sustained strategic effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

What would a society of eunuchs achieve?—But of course they are not eunuchs, in somer, but rather more comparable to preadolescents: not castrate, but latent.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin