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Recent Examples of potency That list was all about stability, potency, and usability. Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2025 Which is really alarming, because fentanyl is such a high-potency drug. Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025 She was censured by the board earlier this summer after she was accused of trying to strip funding for a CU campaign that sought to provide information about the risks of high-potency marijuana. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025 Notably, this same mechanism underlies cocaine’s effects, highlighting its potency. Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for potency
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Noun
  • China's carbon dioxide emissions from its power sector fell by almost 3% during the first half of this year as its growth in solar power matched the rise in electricity demand.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • For me, the camera has a unique power in guiding me toward visualising complex, sometimes uncomfortable emotions that resist being pinned down by language.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While this has not been a strength so far this year, I'd be shocked if Andy Reid didn't test the undermanned Ravens front seven -- and have at least a little bit of success.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Two no-trump shows some interest in game and asks about partner's second suit as well as his strength.
    Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nightly entertainment, including magic shows and live music, brings energy to the evenings.
    Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Rebecca Hall plays Rosenkrantz and Ben Whishaw plays Hujar, who offers a detailed account of his previous day’s activity, involving such idiosyncratic eminences as Susan Sontag and Allen Ginsberg—and the sorts of gamesmanship and intimate tensions that ensnare and frustrate artistic energies.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Previous waves of automation mostly replaced muscle; this one replaces judgment.
    Toby Stuart, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Most weight training also raises your heart rate, and most cardio exercises help build muscles throughout your body.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And roundabouts actually increase road capacity (30%-50%, according to Bryson).
    Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Nvidia also has invested in CoreWeave, which supplies data center capacity to OpenAI and is also an Nvidia customer.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Potency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potency. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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