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potential

[puh-ten-shuhl] / pəˈtɛn ʃəl /




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Duthie says insurance firms are adapting to "potential new and increasing risks involved in travel as a result".

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

When it reports second-quarter earnings on Aug. 4, SpaceX will not only be providing a financial update to investors but also opening the door to a potential mass-selling event.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

GS maintains its oil-price forecast of $80 per barrel for Brent in 4Q, although the price can go even higher given renewed U.S.-Iran military strikes and potential for a new bottleneck in the Red Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

On top of that, there is this potential energy in the atmosphere which meant that, locally, the convection column sucked up the embers and carried the fire further afield.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Typically when they entered a new market—because they’d found some potential accident waiting to happen that seemed worth betting on—they found an expert to serve as a jungle guide.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The team also used pattern visual evoked potentials – a painless test that measured how well signals travelled from the retina to the visual cortex.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

To make the system more powerful, the researchers combined the framework with machine learning potentials that capture how atoms interact and move.

From Science Daily Mar. 15, 2026

"This work reports average QGP temperatures at two distinct stages of evolution and multiple baryonic chemical potentials, marking a significant advance in mapping the QGP's thermodynamic properties," Geurts said.

From Science Daily Oct. 29, 2025

Despite being the world's top cassava producer, "when it comes to the yield, actual yield potentials and all of that, we are still way behind", Diebiru-Ojo said.

From Barron's Oct. 15, 2025

As with other human learning potentials, there is a wide range of music aptitude levels distributed among the human population.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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