potentially
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of potentially
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; potential + -ly
Example Sentences
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Yet what makes this potentially the most important new opera of the year is not Huang’s agreeably efficient — and once in a while inspired — score, which incorporates Western and traditional music.
From Los Angeles Times
"Airbus is taking a conservative approach and is inspecting all aircraft potentially impacted -- knowing that only a portion of them will need further action to be taken," she added.
From Barron's
That’s when investors borrow money in Japanese Yen, which has lower interest rates than other currencies, before converting it into another currency to buy potentially high-yielding assets such as cryptocurrencies.
From Barron's
That could potentially cost those heirs thousands of dollars.
From MarketWatch
The company also casts its approach as a potentially faster way to get to artificial general intelligence, which some people describe as similar to human-level cognitive ability.
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