as in power
the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task
vitamins of high potency that should be taken only in the proper dosage
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Recent Examples of potency
But the numbers do not paint a true picture of his threat and potency.
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Max Mathews, New York Times, 9 July 2025
The Institute never achieves either emotional potency or any sense of gee-whiz spectacle.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
The big question, to this point, is how much Ohtani’s return to pitching has impacted his potency with the bat.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
The African diaspora and admirers of the cultural potency that stems from the socioculture are celebrating the latest accolade granted unto legendary Afroworld fusion artist, Angélique Kidjo.
—Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
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Max Mathews, New York Times, 9 July 2025
The Institute never achieves either emotional potency or any sense of gee-whiz spectacle.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
The big question, to this point, is how much Ohtani’s return to pitching has impacted his potency with the bat.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
The African diaspora and admirers of the cultural potency that stems from the socioculture are celebrating the latest accolade granted unto legendary Afroworld fusion artist, Angélique Kidjo.
—Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potency
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Part of the reason for this gap between power users and typical users is the route by which students have become aware of ChatGPT.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Trump has the power to pardon Maxwell or to commute her sentence.—
Aysha Bagchi,
The Courier-Journal,
30 July 2025
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Jorgenson is a key part of Visma’s strengths — Vingegaard’s key lieutenant in the mountains, one of the race’s strongest climbers, and entering as a possible general classification contender himself.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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Magnitude is a measurement of the strength of an earthquake.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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Nuclear energy is a form of energy released from the nucleus of an atom.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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In today’s digital world, our increasing dependence on connected infrastructure — spanning energy, healthcare, finance, education, and government — has exposed critical sectors of the economy to cyber threats.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
29 July 2025
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Isolation exercises target one joint at a time and enhance your muscles' appearance.—
Aubrey Bailey,
Verywell Health,
14 July 2025
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This generates an almost perfect marbling between meat and fat and a soft muscle, which makes for tasty and tender meat.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The completion of this $5.7 million project, the first step in a $600 million expansion that pushes the plant’s capacity to 50 million gallons per day, appears to be what the memorandum is referring to in regards to capacity expansion in August.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2025
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By the end of the year, 103,000 more pets had entered shelters than had exited, contributing to an ongoing capacity crisis in U.S. shelters.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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“Potency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potency. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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