potentialities

plural of potentiality
as in possibilities
something that can develop or become actual would like to see a colony on the moon as an actuality and not merely a potentiality

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Recent Examples of potentialities And where there is injustice and frustration, the potentialities for violence are greater. NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • Overcome Didier Deschamps’ side on July 9 – a tall order at the moment given how good Les Bleus look – and heads will be spinning at the possibilities that could await.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • Canada getting out of the group stage, complete with one of the World Cup’s great barnstorming performances against Qatar, led an entire nation still curious about the sport to buy into this team’s possibilities.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Fortunately, by Gemini season, your world gets a little brighter — new ideas, travel plans or opportunities open doors to new potentials.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026

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“Potentialities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potentialities. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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