potentials

plural of potential
as in possibilities
something that can develop or become actual a time when cloning was merely a potential and the stuff of science fiction

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Recent Examples of potentials Chloride ions readily attack many alloys, while components around the oxygen-producing anode side are simultaneously subject to strongly oxidizing electrochemical potentials. New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026 Then on July 7, Neptune will station retrograde in Aries, pulling the curtain back on fantasies and ideals surrounding romantic partners and potentials. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026 However, enthusiastically advocating for the empowering benefits of hypertext and hypermedia or skeptically warning against their manipulative potentials might not be the only available choice. Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 Your mind may drift toward education or travel potentials during the Virgo moon. Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 The simulations relied on AI models known as foundation potentials, which can perform atom-level calculations faster and at lower cost than traditional computational methods. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026 All of the cumulative regions the wave passes through, with all of the growth and shrinkages that occur, imprint themselves onto the wave, as do the initial and final gravitational potentials. Big Think, 3 Apr. 2026 Kudo agrees, adding matte and cat-eye finishes as chic potentials for reds and pinks, respectively. Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026 Michael Levin, a researcher at Tufts University, has blocked cell channels to manipulate the membrane potentials of developing worm embryos, causing genetically identical worms to develop different body plans. Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
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Noun
  • The astonishing social movements of the decade—particularly the black freedom struggle and the antiwar movement—could have produced a more durable sense of solidarity and collective possibilities.
    Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
  • These are proper, fully fledged components, designed to last, keep doing things, and progressively fire the mind with possibilities.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
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  • Work commenced on the record three months after Drewchin welcomed the arrival of her first child, Nova, a period in which she was consumed with the reality and potentialities of being a new parent.
    Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
  • Takeovers are at once a timeless illustration of the volatility of crowds—perhaps especially adolescent crowds—and of the much newer potentialities unleashed by the internet a few decades ago.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • Multiple observers cite diminishing prospects for luxury handbags.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • There is a tendency for gloom to descend when thinking about Europe’s economic and business prospects.
    Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Potentials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potentials. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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