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potential

[puh-ten-shuhl] / pəˈtɛn ʃəl /




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DWP engineers weigh those factors when prioritizing pipes for replacement, assigning a letter grade to each water main based on its likelihood of failure and the potential consequences of a break.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

"There is more potential to unlock in the car, but it's normal when you have such a big package," Alonso said.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Those limitations, combined with rapamycin's potential toxicity and the fact that the findings come from animal experiments, make the drug unsuitable for widespread use in humans.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

The company could get aggressive at these auctions by not only collecting spectrum as a potential bargaining chip, but also by bidding up prices and raising the cost of business for its rivals, Zhu noted.

From MarketWatch Jul. 25, 2026

When he’d started Scion, he’d told potential investors that, because he was in the business of making unfashionable bets, they should evaluate him over the long term—say, five years.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

He said a UK-wide position was needed around the "appropriate regulation not just of existing technology and platforms but the potentials of the futures through AI."

From BBC Jan. 12, 2026

Other analysts are also optimistic about the company’s growth potentials.

From Barron's Nov. 19, 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

A couple of potentials he liked — Blood Reign and King’s Rain — linking the new band to Slayer’s best-known album, 1986’s “Reign in Blood,” were already in circulation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2024

Between the major groups of insecticides, and between them and other chemicals, there are interactions that have serious potentials.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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