potency
Example Sentences
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That surge in lethality underscores the potency of the high-tech but cheaply made drones.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
And so I think his legal skills and experience give him some potency, that perhaps Pam Bondi lacked, in navigating the criminal justice system.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
Yet it is precisely this fragmentation that grants the epic its peculiar potency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
When viruses change the structures on their surface, previously effective vaccines may lose potency.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
The ultimate explanation of Lawrence’s error came, perhaps inevitably, from Rutherford, who demonstrated once again the potency of his theoretical instincts when they were yoked to the experimental precision of the Cavendish.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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