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Recent Examples of potently
Hong conjures potently dramatic situations, complex characters, a sense of history and societal tensions.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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.
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Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
20 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.
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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.
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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.
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Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
Which is a noble aim, though the parable might register more potently if Athane and Nguyen looked beyond the most obvious of clichés.
—
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
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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If the plank begins to smolder aggressively, lightly mist the edges with water.
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The crew and the two witnesses said one of the three men got out with a dog and then moved aggressively towards the crew while shouting racial slurs targeted at the photographer.
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Gauff has had trouble playing assertively enough to close out matches, and arrives in southwest London with baggage about a lackluster history on grass.
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After sitting a bit on the sidelines in the early days of the generative AI boom, risk-adverse finance departments are more assertively using these tools, with 75% reporting using AI compared to just 30% two years ago.
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The legendary Modrić surely just played his last World Cup match and perhaps his final international game for Croatia.
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The former Crystal Palace right-back has never played in the second-tier Championship but keeping him this summer would surely benefit the club’s push for instant promotion back to the top flight.
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The chaotic conclusion nearly overshadowed what Gray had done earlier, striking out nine and shutting down the Yankees emphatically for 7 1/3 innings as Boston clung to a 2-0 advantage.
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During the work-in-progress session Brooke emphatically doubled down.
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The entire plug was on the outside of the pike’s mouth—he couldn’t be hooked too solidly.
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Larkin, 33, pointed to the no-endorsement decision as evidence of momentum for progressive candidates like him, even in solidly red Florida.
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Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight.
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On this resolutely French island, the interior showcases Italian classic modernism, with furniture by Molteni and a sculptural Minotti kitchen.
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But on a recent Wednesday at Stanford Medicine’s cancer center in Palo Alto, the boy climbed resolutely into the chair of a first-of-its-kind treatment device, focused for the task ahead.
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The lower mowing ranges are commonly used for recreational turf areas that are more intensively managed.
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One big concern is that screens are intensively stimulating for young people because they are held up close and engage young viewers with things such as fast cuts and colors.
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“Potently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potently. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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