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potent

[poht-nt] / ˈpoʊt nt /


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And when the wind whips, the air reeks of a potent campfire — but no campers are around.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Now, it is leveraging the potent cocktail of an American World Cup to pack its war chest with money it plans to redistribute to FIFA’s 211 member nations around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Manchester City's Nico O'Reilly made a huge leap this season, delivering consistently high-quality performances in which his ability to attack the box from full-back became a potent weapon for club and country.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

To make vitamin K more potent, the team synthesized 12 hybrid vitamin K homologs.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Anything potent enough to put on such a show could well blow away the magnetosphere, the magnetic zone high above the Earth that normally protects us from ultraviolet rays and other cosmic assaults.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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