as in possibilities
something that can develop or become actual
would like to see a colony on the moon as an actuality and not merely a potentiality
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Recent Examples of potentialities
And where there is injustice and frustration, the potentialities for violence are greater.
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NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potentialities
Noun
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Carmody said the idea for this project was sparked over 25 years ago when a client asked about its possibilities, and the new facility has allowed the company to move forward with it.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Oct. 2025
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Some possibilities for what else a neutrino could do would be as follows.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That’s no longer the case, and suddenly the possibilities for who wins this category are endless, with Taylor, Wicked’s Ariana Grande, and Sentimental Value’s Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas all feeling like potentials at this stage.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Writing on future potentials for synthetic biology in 1912, none other than Stéphane Leduc — the scientist who, as previously mentioned, gave the field its name — made precisely this claim.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Potentialities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potentialities. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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