potential
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But concerns about privacy and the potential impact on the industry’s growth have generally kept such notifications voluntary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
As Pilar mulls a potential change of plan her husband says next year they might move their annual trip to the spring or autumn.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
That’s costing companies more to borrow, while concern has been growing about potential data-center overbuilding and what U.S. companies might achieve from those investments.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
By flicking their forked tongues, they collect chemical signals from the air that help them locate potential prey.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
I’d been too eager, and she’d eyed me suspiciously as I rambled on about deciding to live to my full potential.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Despite being the world's top cassava producer, "when it comes to the yield, actual yield potentials and all of that, we are still way behind", Diebiru-Ojo said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025
Virgil is an inspirational captain, a cool, calm defender who emits an aura of control that enables the rest of the team playing to fulfil their potentials.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 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
The analysis shows higher potentials for electrification and identifies a more confined deployment range for hydrogen-based energy than earlier studies.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
A few of us agreed to help the coach run a clinic during the upcoming summer for the new varsity potentials to prep for the fall season.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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