as in possibility
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 potentiality In a striking parallel to the 1990s, epochal thinking about the potentialities of a high technology society has once again upended politics. Jacob Bruggeman & Casey Eilbert / Made By History, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025 Practically, then, the translator reads with an eye to understanding the affordances offered by a text—to re-creating its potentialities, rather than merely offering a lexical equivalent. Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024 Meanwhile, parsing-of-totality depends on advancing sensing techniques to harness atoms’ deeper patterns and potentiality. Pravir Malik, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 If Vietnam damaged the credibility of experts, experts were no more inclined to value the democratic potentialities of the public. Daniel Bessner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2017 See All Example Sentences for potentiality
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Noun
  • He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 17 May 2025
  • Transformational communication yields opportunities and possibilities.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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  • Rising in North Bay Village, Shoma Bay has the potential to enhance the neighborhood as one of Miami’s prominent waterfront destinations.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • More recently, however, enterprises have begun to see the potential of this medium, particularly as quality has improved.
    David Prosser, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025

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“Potentiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potentiality. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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