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potential

[puh-ten-shuhl] / pΙ™ΛˆtΙ›n ΚƒΙ™l /




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Over drinks, Black tried to impress upon him the magnitude of the potential opportunity that the Athene merger presented—and what it would mean for Harris’s 59 million Apollo shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

The central bank boss has remained tight-lipped about the potential path of interest rates, but investors will have watched his speech closely for any signs of the Fed's approach under his leadership.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Is there something so odious about a potential reworked design that the only way to hustle it across the finish line is to give it a free pass?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Theoretically, a resolution to the conflict would provide a boost for stocks by removing a potential worry over inflation, as oil prices would tumble on the news.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

I’d been too eager, and she’d eyed me suspiciously as I rambled on about deciding to live to my full potential.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

In conventional stainless steel, the chromium based protective layer can break down at high electrical potentials.

From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026

He said a UK-wide position was needed around the "appropriate regulation not just of existing technology and platforms but the potentials of the futures through AI."

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 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

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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