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A critical question, the challenges involved in moving therefore, is whether a new entrant could succeed through into an unrelated market, even if it has a long-term poten - application of existing or evolutionary innovations or tial return.
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Mukasey: It would hurt the prosecution poten tially.
Assange in the Dock? 2010
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While the Army will sell a small amount of merchandise at the venue, the focus is on building “brand experiences” that give poten tial recruits a taste of military service.
An Army of Fun: Video Game to Lure Recruits | Disinformation 2008
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For those who are waistband-challenged, there was poten-tially life-changing news last week.
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En ik liep op vijf poten naar het huis van mijn linkse vader en mijn handige moeder en leefde plotseling tot ik ontwaakte.
Gerrit Kouwenaar greenintegerblog 2008
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It is hypothetical because the upper officials will not allow stem cell research to become a reality therefore it is going to be hypothetical … And yes you can extract stem cells from living beings, but those cells are not as poten and adaptable as the cells from the embryos - younger cells can reproduce faster etc etc..
Think Progress » Stem Cell Showdown: The Facts Have Changed, President Bush Has Not 2006
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Something far more sensitive and, poten - tially, more embarrassing.
Honeymoon Patterson, James 2005
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Agronguerre had been spoken of as a poten - tial healer for the wounded Church, and it seemed to Dellman as if they could not have found a better candidate.
Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999
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Agronguerre had been spoken of as a poten - tial healer for the wounded Church, and it seemed to Dellman as if they could not have found a better candidate.
Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999
4951172 commented on the word poten
short for potential
February 2, 2025