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potential

[puh-ten-shuhl] / pəˈtɛn ʃəl /




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The dismissals, announced in a decree on state television, are thought to be part of ongoing efforts by the president to consolidate his control and prevent potential challenges to his leadership.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Here’s the list, sorted by 12-month upside potential implied by the analysts’ consensus price targets:

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

He said Deep Cogito has the potential to lower costs and help Zscaler build models to its own specific needs, independent of a third party’s usage rules.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Those observations are intended to help researchers evaluate the deflection of asteroids as a potential method to defend Earth against asteroid impacts.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

It was almost a hundred-mile journey, but there was the promise of a potential job in Berlin.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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

Other analysts are also optimistic about the company’s growth potentials.

From Barron's Nov. 19, 2025

"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

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

Moreover, both music aptitude and music achievement are dependent on audiation; i.e., our music learning potentials and our music learning achievements are based on our music thinking.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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