potential
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Scientists say there are several biological explanations for caffeine's potential brain benefits.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
In what was seen as an attempt to minimise doubts among potential supporters, he took the unusual move of releasing private messages he had exchanged with the peer, insisting they had never been close friends.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Samsung Electronics faces potential labor strike from May 21 to June 7 after union talks collapsed.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
“The adoption of AI and automation technologies have the potential to boost economic growth and partly offset the demographic decline,” the ECB’s economists wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
“But you’re letting yourself get distracted, and wasting all your potential in the process.”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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