potential
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Microsoft this week reported blockbuster revenue growth at its cloud-computing unit, indicating the potential payoff for AI investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
But the potential for the glasses to record, analyse and store information about people without their knowledge has raised some serious privacy concerns.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“But when you know that a potential seller is out of the market — that’s when all the buy-the-dippers come rushing back in.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The YouTube special demonstrated the potential to reach new fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Resilience, it is my job to advise you against activities that could result in potential disaster.”
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
The team also used pattern visual evoked potentials – a painless test that measured how well signals travelled from the retina to the visual cortex.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
"This will unlock long term value for all our shareholders because it will allow both companies to tap fully into their respective growth potentials," Busch said on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
"This work reports average QGP temperatures at two distinct stages of evolution and multiple baryonic chemical potentials, marking a significant advance in mapping the QGP's thermodynamic properties," Geurts said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2025
A couple of potentials he liked — Blood Reign and King’s Rain — linking the new band to Slayer’s best-known album, 1986’s “Reign in Blood,” were already in circulation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
A few of us agreed to help the coach run a clinic during the upcoming summer for the new varsity potentials to prep for the fall season.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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