Examples of potency in a Sentence
The potency of her words changed many minds in the audience that night.
Any vitamin of high potency should only be taken in the proper dosage.
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The potency for 12 of the 15 products was significantly overstated, the results showed, and four of the samples exceeded the state’s limit for yeast and mold.
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Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
Rather than isolating exercise to a high-intensity hour, this mindful approach embraces the quiet potency of consistent, embodied movement as a daily anchor.
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
To avoid irritation, some ingredients should be applied at different times of day or on alternating days, depending on their pH levels and potency.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
The drug was developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Chugai, which had found a way to put some of the weight-loss features of the incretins into an oral form that wouldn’t lose all its potency and get chewed up by the acids in the stomach and digestive system.
—Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
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Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
Rather than isolating exercise to a high-intensity hour, this mindful approach embraces the quiet potency of consistent, embodied movement as a daily anchor.
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
To avoid irritation, some ingredients should be applied at different times of day or on alternating days, depending on their pH levels and potency.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
The drug was developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Chugai, which had found a way to put some of the weight-loss features of the incretins into an oral form that wouldn’t lose all its potency and get chewed up by the acids in the stomach and digestive system.
—Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Potency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potency. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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potency
noun
po·ten·cy
ˈpōt-ᵊn-sē 
plural potencies
: the quality or state of being potent
vitamins of high potency
especially
: power to bring about a certain result
Medical Definition
potency
noun
po·ten·cy
ˈpōt-ᵊn-sē
plural potencies
: the quality or state of being potent: as
a
: chemical or medicinal strength or efficacy
a drug's potency
b
: the ability to copulate
—usually used of the male
c
: initial inherent capacity for development of a particular kind
cells with a potency for eye formation
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