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Recent Examples of potently
Which is a noble aim, though the parable might register more potently if Athane and Nguyen looked beyond the most obvious of clichés.
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
The possibility of a historic crash-out was patently, potently real.
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Olson eventually found a substance that did not seem to be hallucinogenic but potently stimulated growth in the cortical neurons of rodents.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Though the conversation didn't quite reach any actionable solutions beyond what has been discussed as already in progress, like Rawls' work, there was one clear message potently felt across the room — one of urgency.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Over the course of its five-season run, Stranger Things repeatedly found ways to resurrect Eighties culture, perhaps no more potently than through its many memorable needle drops.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2026
His commentary across the film, which potently mixes 16mm film and contemporary digital imagery that encompass the multiple eras of Adrian’s life, switches between adoration and regret befitting a father still contending with such a devastating loss.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
The possibility of a historic crash-out was patently, potently real.
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Olson eventually found a substance that did not seem to be hallucinogenic but potently stimulated growth in the cortical neurons of rodents.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Though the conversation didn't quite reach any actionable solutions beyond what has been discussed as already in progress, like Rawls' work, there was one clear message potently felt across the room — one of urgency.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Over the course of its five-season run, Stranger Things repeatedly found ways to resurrect Eighties culture, perhaps no more potently than through its many memorable needle drops.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2026
His commentary across the film, which potently mixes 16mm film and contemporary digital imagery that encompass the multiple eras of Adrian’s life, switches between adoration and regret befitting a father still contending with such a devastating loss.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potently
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Traffic is building in the physical-presence lanes—health care, food preparation, maintenance—while draining fast from the office lanes AI has most aggressively entered.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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The vine-like evergreen has trailing or climbing stems that won’t root into stucco or spread aggressively.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
19 May 2026
Adverb
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Overall, this combination of soft, complex malt with good hop character that’s strong but not too assertively bitter is dry, spicy, fruity and highly bubbly and carbonated.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Taste and add salt and pepper; the milk should be assertively seasoned.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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She surely was also exposed to Madame Charlotte Mentelle’s feminist beliefs and abolitionist leanings.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Also inexplicable is the movie’s setting circa the dawn of COVID, where masks and quarantine come into play — though for many out there, that was surely a time when relapses were around the bend, the temptation of a bender without judgment and out of view very easily had.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
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The Spanish professional golfer, 31, emphatically apologized after his frustrated swing at the grass accidentally launched a divot into a PGA volunteer nearby during the PGA Championship on Thursday, May 14.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Every Holzinger performance is emphatically an ensemble performance.—
Caroline Lillian Schopp,
Artforum,
13 May 2026
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What To Watch For The winner of Tuesday’s primary is likely to win the general election in November, as the Fourth District, which covers northern Kentucky along the Ohio and Indiana borders, leans solidly Republican.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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Massie’s district is solidly red.—
Kristin Kanthak,
The Conversation,
18 May 2026
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The play’s focus is resolutely on the impoverished rural family of women who fall under this ambitious bluesman’s influence in the rural Georgia of the 1930s, writes Chris Jones.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Levy and Atlan-Jackson say that while the group remains resolutely pro-theatrical release, the Netflix deal made sense.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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By the end of the seventeenth century, sassafras had become one of the primary exports of the early English colony of Jamestown, and the aromatic bark was harvested intensively for shipment to European markets.—
Kari Traylor,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2026
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Armed with subpoenas, the Secret Service and other agencies are intensively focusing on what might have caused the suspect to book a room at the Washington Hilton, less than two miles north of the White House, on the night of the annual dinner.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Each focuses on the love stories of specific couples, but while the show doesn’t follow the books’ format rigidly, all the beloved characters are present.—
Jennifer McClellan,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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In China's rigidly hierarchical world of diplomacy, protocol and ceremony carry weight.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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“Potently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potently. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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