potential
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When a trusted person recognizes your potential, take the encouragement to heart.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Amid the mortgage-rate volatility, there are signs that potential home buyers want to close the deal.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
General Rob Bonta to scrutinize potential antitrust harms that would come from billionaire David Ellison’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is challenging the UK media regulator Ofcom in the High Court over fees and potential fines introduced under the Online Safety Act.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
The billion dollars whoever had sold Mike Burry his credit default swaps stood to lose, if the bonds went bad, replicated the potential losses of an actual bond owner.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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