as in power
the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task
vitamins of high potency that should be taken only in the proper dosage
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Recent Examples of potency
This immediacy also strengthens the potency all the thematic threads Luigi explores.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2026
Placebos have long been a fixture of clinical trials, used to ensure that the psychological benefits of getting care aren’t mistaken for drug potency.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
As Joshua Blank, the pollster, sees it, a reason the candidates are attacking Muslims is that border issues have lost their potency.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Or some kind of former potency the Playgirl spread had for him.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2026
Placebos have long been a fixture of clinical trials, used to ensure that the psychological benefits of getting care aren’t mistaken for drug potency.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
As Joshua Blank, the pollster, sees it, a reason the candidates are attacking Muslims is that border issues have lost their potency.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Or some kind of former potency the Playgirl spread had for him.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potency
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On Sunday, Iran continued attacks on neighbors, while Israel struck fuel depots in Tehran and threatened the Islamic Republic’s power grid.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Quiet reflection gains power as cerebral Mercury in your 12th House of Solitude trines jovial Jupiter in your comforting 4th house, guiding you through releasing past aches.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Finally, the defanging of the Iranian menace would also significantly augment the collective strength and abilities of the West with respect to China, which relies heavily on Iranian oil.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Before starting a new exercise program, Culbertson advised seeing a doctor or a physical therapist to make sure there’s nothing neurological causing your loss of grip strength.—
Danielle Zickl,
Health,
12 Mar. 2026
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White House officials said the Biden-era energy efficiency mandates in HUD and Agriculture departments' guidelines could add up to $9,000 to housing construction costs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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This means that even if a fault-tolerant quantum computer becomes available, QPE could still struggle with large molecules because the chance of successfully extracting the correct energy becomes vanishingly small.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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While many inside Canada’s national team originally anticipated Davies returning to the national team later this month after the muscle fiber issue, his latest injury has derailed those plans.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Texas Tech star Christian Anderson strained a muscle after slipping in his team’s blowout loss to Iowa State on Thursday.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Iran had been building that capacity in Iraq since the 1980s, cultivating Shia political networks, exile parties and militia groups during and after the Iran-Iraq War and beyond with the explicit goal of ensuring a post-Saddam Iraq would never again threaten Iranian security.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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That’s because one way a district can qualify for financial hardship is to have bond indebtedness of at least 60% of the total bonding capacity.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Potency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potency. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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