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potency

[poht-n-see] / ˈpoʊt n si /


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"They can target a broad range of pathogens, and due to their potency, scientists have been trying to synthesize a variety for therapeutic uses."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Barcola has become a main target for Liverpool as they look to add potency to their attack following the departures of Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah in the past two summers.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

This allows for dose customization but isn’t subject to the same reviews for safety, efficacy or consistency, and may carry added risks related to quality control, potency variation or contamination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

If we choose to collapse into a monolithic, uncritical chorus whenever a wronged woman writes a memoir, we are trading our real potency for the cheap satisfaction of rah-rah-go-us groupthink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

The new isotope’s potency and the efficiency of the cyclotron in producing it surprised even experts accustomed to Lawrence’s guileless optimism.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Similarly, the sense of the numinous, of potencies beyond human understanding, is made explicit and manifest, particularly in an early conversation about dark energy.

From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

He'll say things like, "Is this your first foray?" and "There are different potencies of aroma."

From BusinessWeek ● Jun. 16, 2011

As digital video media become all the more universally ubiquitous, so it seems artists throughout the world are increasingly re-embracing the primal potencies of drawing with an almost perverse timeliness.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2011

Instead, we can remind ourselves of what it's for: enriching and amplifying our potencies.

From BBC ● May 7, 2010

But other potencies there are in Middle-earth, powers of night, and they are old and strong.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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