potential
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Any potential upcoming increase in U.K. bank taxes should have a modest impact, the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
That is on top of other difficult questions over potential job loss due to AI and the impact of massive data centers on energy prices and water supplies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
He has brought F1 back to Africa, where the last grand prix was held in 1993 in South Africa, and opened up a potential market of 100 million people that is largely untapped.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The upscale outdoor mall survived the Palisades fire, but needed refurbishment to eliminate any potential contaminants from the blaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Enough energy and potential for us to develop them into a short story, a personal essay, or a poem for our final project.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Together, the two layers allow the steel to resist corrosion in chloride containing environments at potentials reaching 1700 mV.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
"This will unlock long term value for all our shareholders because it will allow both companies to tap fully into their respective growth potentials," Busch said on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Virgil is an inspirational captain, a cool, calm defender who emits an aura of control that enables the rest of the team playing to fulfil their potentials.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 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 ● Aug. 20, 2024
Between the major groups of insecticides, and between them and other chemicals, there are interactions that have serious potentials.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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