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potentially

[puh-ten-shuh-lee] / pəˈtɛn ʃə li /
ADVERB
conceivably
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China's capacity to strike Australia would grow over the next decade as "the DF-27 intermediate-range ballistic missile, and potentially a conventionally armed intercontinental ballistic missile, grow in service numbers", it said.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

In addition, the authors say selective use of photographs and the omission of potentially important factors, including human hunting, made it harder to determine what was truly driving changes in vegetation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026

PAS was previously thought to be a rare pregnancy condition, but the NHS says numbers are rising, potentially linked to the increasing number of C-sections.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Before the models were released, Anthropic warned that Mythos was so powerful that it could potentially be dangerous in the hands of bad actors.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 13, 2026

In a great break from what he learned at 26 Markt, in a potentially cataclysmic departure from his parents’ beliefs, he tells his fellow boarders that he is an atheist.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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