potency
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And “that’s just the potency of plants,” Ostacher says.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
But mainly, I credit Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, who knows a good story when he sees one, crystallizing its potency with every camera choice.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
He also designed a container to transport the vaccine, to minimize contact with heat and air to ensure its potency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
"PAM is a truly fascinating enzyme because it's the only enzyme we have that's capable of a chemical process called amidation, which increases the half-life or the potency of biologically active peptides," Gloyn said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2026
The metaphorical potency of Alexei’s illness was also undeniable—symptomatic of an empire gone sick, dependent on bandages and prayers, hemorrhaging at its core.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Similarly, the sense of the numinous, of potencies beyond human understanding, is made explicit and manifest, particularly in an early conversation about dark energy.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
He'll say things like, "Is this your first foray?" and "There are different potencies of aroma."
From BusinessWeek ● Jun. 16, 2011
As digital video media become all the more universally ubiquitous, so it seems artists throughout the world are increasingly re-embracing the primal potencies of drawing with an almost perverse timeliness.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2011
Instead, we can remind ourselves of what it's for: enriching and amplifying our potencies.
From BBC ● May 7, 2010
But other potencies there are in Middle-earth, powers of night, and they are old and strong.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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