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possibilities

noun

plural of possibility

as in potentials

something that can develop or become actual there's a possibility for violence in the situation

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as in events

something that might happen winning the championship is a real possibility for us

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Recent Examples of possibilities Omelchenko appreciates the study authors’ ability to translate math to real life but notes that fully evaluating the possibilities of new stitches by using torus diagrams would be impractically expensive to compute. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026 These are demarcated spaces that harbor countless possibilities and contain the infinite, as if in a story by Jorge Luis Borges. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 Endless possibilities Customers schedule an appointment — either virtual or in-person at the London studio — then share an initial brief with the team. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 Urrutia was drawn to the physical possibilities of Tommerup’s script. — Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 The integration gives Boise State more flexibility and possibilities in hosting events at the arena. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Oct. 2026 An endless array of products leaned into the public’s awe at the age’s sci-fi possibilities. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Fine art’s real estate crisis and its wholesale entrenchment in money laundering perhaps commend the political possibilities of unfine modes? — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Ten years later, that belief remains the same, but the possibilities around those stories have become much bigger. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

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Chloride ions readily attack many alloys, while components around the oxygen-producing anode side are simultaneously subject to strongly oxidizing electrochemical potentials.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Then on July 7, Neptune will station retrograde in Aries, pulling the curtain back on fantasies and ideals surrounding romantic partners and potentials.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

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Harris has held campaign events in California, Nevada, and Georgia, starting her tour off in Michigan to stump with the progressive Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, Abdul el Sayed.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Flashbacks to recent events reveal that the townspeople never let Hal find peace, and even firebombed his home, only for a grown-up Noah — Kerry’s son, and Zoe’s grandson — to save him and regenerate his skin using Zoe’s covert alien tech.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of events

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Work commenced on the record three months after Drewchin welcomed the arrival of her first child, Nova, a period in which she was consumed with the reality and potentialities of being a new parent.

— Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Takeovers are at once a timeless illustration of the volatility of crowds—perhaps especially adolescent crowds—and of the much newer potentialities unleashed by the internet a few decades ago.

— Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Definition of potentialities

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Sánchez, while a popular progressive leader internationally, has been surrounded by a series of legal cases against his Socialist party and even his family, which all deny any wrongdoing.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
The court's conservative majority has, in multiple cases, ruled in favor of religious exemptions from generally applicable laws.

— Nina Totenberg, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of cases

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Should corporate revenues demonstrate resilience while profit margins suffer cost compression, markets may reevaluate earnings prospects across energy intensive sectors.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
And with audiences giving Digger a C on the exit poll Cinemascore (for which anything below a B usually spells disaster), word of mouth will only further curtail its prospects of striking box-office gold.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

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