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potentially

[puh-ten-shuh-lee] / pəˈtɛn ʃə li /
ADVERB
conceivably
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More shares for sale, plus a potentially more detailed explanation of SpaceX's business and future growth could create further dramatic swings in price.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

U.S. financial regulators issued guidance urging banks to view loans to undocumented immigrants as potentially risky.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Researchers found that methane released in spacecraft exhaust may spread across the moon surprisingly quickly, potentially contaminating regions that could preserve ancient chemical clues about how life first emerged on Earth.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

He was chatty and upbeat, and she told him she would try to find him work, potentially as an assistant at her law firm.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

The element earth is potentially at the centre of the universe, and as it falls towards that centre it realizes its potential.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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