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Recent Examples of puissant Quite the puissant power house—this wine includes aromas of lavender and cedar, rum, sultanas, treacle, black cherries, pine cones and orange rind, as well as tastes that include a raspberry flush and flavors of plums, cola, figs, cocoa and black pepper. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
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    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • Elsewhere in the hotel are pieces by furniture studio Branco & Preto, founded by a group of young architects in the 1950s, and chairs by the influential Romanian-Brazilian architect Jean Gillon.
    Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In 2010, Vought quit working for House Republicans and helped launch Heritage Action for America, an offshoot of the influential conservative think tank Heritage Foundation.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • Beane, however, had better hope his incoming defensive reinforcements make a significant push to keep 2025 on the Super Bowl track.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The university’s recent efforts in using real-time analysis of digital medical records to predict sepsis, a deadly blood infection, in emergency department patients have garnered significant national attention.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Puissant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puissant. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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