potential
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"This research shows that sleep is not only an indicator of health, but also a potential lever for intervention," adds Lucie Leroux, head of French-speaking activities at the Stop Alzheimer's Foundation.
From Science Daily β Aug. 29, 2026
Polls show him badly trailing in his race against Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, who has gone from an under-the-radar freshman senator to a potential President McDreamBoat in Democrats’ eyes over the past couple of months.
From Slate β Aug. 29, 2026
Is there something so odious about a potential reworked design that the only way to hustle it across the finish line is to give it a free pass?
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 28, 2026
The weather in space has the potential to impact our lives here on Earth in a fundamental way.
From BBC β Aug. 28, 2026
The sense that she wasn’t living up to her potential gnawed at her.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Rather than concentrating primarily on how alloys resist corrosion under ordinary conditions, Huang's group has focused on developing materials that remain stable at much higher electrical potentials.
From Science Daily β Aug. 11, 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 β Apr. 22, 2026
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 β Oct. 15, 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 β Aug. 20, 2024
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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