potency
Example Sentences
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That surge in lethality underscores the potency of the high-tech but cheaply made drones.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
And so I think his legal skills and experience give him some potency, that perhaps Pam Bondi lacked, in navigating the criminal justice system.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
Yet it is precisely this fragmentation that grants the epic its peculiar potency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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
Why does this property—being the least divisible unit of a larger form—imbue these particular ideas with such potency and force?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing potency
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor
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Novel Study: The Scarlet Letter, Chapters 9–15
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"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 17
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