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Similarly, the sense of the numinous, of potencies beyond human understanding, is made explicit and manifest, particularly in an early conversation about dark energy.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

He'll say things like, "Is this your first foray?" and "There are different potencies of aroma."

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 16, 2011

As digital video media become all the more universally ubiquitous, so it seems artists throughout the world are increasingly re-embracing the primal potencies of drawing with an almost perverse timeliness.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2011

Instead, we can remind ourselves of what it's for: enriching and amplifying our potencies.

From BBC • May 7, 2010

But other potencies there are in Middle-earth, powers of night, and they are old and strong.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien