potent
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El Niño has officially arrived, the National Weather Service declared Thursday, and the latest edition is shaping up to be particularly potent.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Nick Plumb, a director at the Power to Change think tank, says that the sight of open criminality on the High Street fuels feelings of "powerlessness" - a force that's proving potent in UK politics.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
"Across cell-based and animal models, cPLA2 activity was reduced at low concentrations, indicating that the compounds are potent in brain-relevant systems."
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
Gouzer said he sees parallels between Banksy and Jean-Michel Basquiat, who also came to fame as a street artist with politically potent imagery.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
I had never loved a man before, physically, and I’ve read enough of both Jane Eyre and Brenda Starr to know every first love is potent.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing potent
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