potent
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In laboratory experiments, the system successfully identified cancer cells with specific combinations of surface proteins and delivered potent drugs directly to them.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026
Google's AI model Gemini has emerged as another potent competitor, with Elon Musk's xAI also attracting investment and users.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Harry Kane and the recalled Dominic Calvert-Lewin also provide an aerial threat in attack - the sort of potent force Robinson believes Tuchel will aim to benefit from.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Amid them, the ballet moves seem more incidental than poetically potent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Each variant of fungus was a medicine—a potent cure for anything from itchy paws to gut worms—and apparently Nine had made quite the name for himself selling them to the animals of Fernlight Forest.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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