potential
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For now, the system should be viewed as a potential tool for tracking cognitive health and estimating future risk.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
If you have that kind of money, or if you think your book has commercial potential, by all means hire an illustrator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa travelled to the United States for a week-long visit focused on artificial intelligence and its potential benefits for his country, the presidency said Saturday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Investors spooked by potential data-center delays have dumped artificial-intelligence stocks indiscriminately — and it’s shaping up to be a classic case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, according to Bernstein analyst Mark Newman.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
The key insight, possessing the potential to unlock the mystery produced by the contradictory versions of what happened during the duel, is that both sides constructed their explanations around self-serving and misguided assumptions.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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
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
"Advances in AI system performance unlock new potentials for automation," said Milan Nedeljkovic, who is BMW's head of production and is set to take over as CEO in May.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
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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