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potentials

  • plural
    of potential.
    potential
    adjective
    possible, as opposed to actual.

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Rather than concentrating primarily on how alloys resist corrosion under ordinary conditions, Huang's group has focused on developing materials that remain stable at much higher electrical potentials.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 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

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

From Barron's Nov. 19, 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

A few of us agreed to help the coach run a clinic during the upcoming summer for the new varsity potentials to prep for the fall season.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed