potential
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Every new format of art has the potential to make something good.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
This potential storm may also bring heavy rain to places, especially in the west, whilst some places further east could stay dry.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
After debating with Yudkowsky, Tallinn was fully convinced of AI’s catastrophic potential.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
New York, Boston and Philadelphia were all in the firing line of the "Nor'easter" -- so labeled for its northeasterly winds -- as authorities warned of potential flooding, downed trees and damaged power lines.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
He told Bobby that the film had the potential to become a masterpiece: “This will be a postmodernist documentary with feature elements.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
They produced electrical signals known as action potentials and made proteins associated with specific regions of the hindbrain that control facial and swallowing muscles.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
Moreover, both music aptitude and music achievement are dependent on audiation; i.e., our music learning potentials and our music learning achievements are based on our music thinking.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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