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Recent Examples of potentially
The state's response could have lasting implications for similar cases involving potentially flawed forensic evidence.
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Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature travels across the landscape of that most potentially treacly of genres, the cancer drama, locating something tough, tender and brittlely funny in this portrait of two women facing their own impasses.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
For a sect of the traditional GOP, releasing the Gaetz findings could potentially purge one possible heir.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
The company could potentially sell several quantum computers in the coming years, which may continue to drive its stock higher.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature travels across the landscape of that most potentially treacly of genres, the cancer drama, locating something tough, tender and brittlely funny in this portrait of two women facing their own impasses.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
For a sect of the traditional GOP, releasing the Gaetz findings could potentially purge one possible heir.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
The company could potentially sell several quantum computers in the coming years, which may continue to drive its stock higher.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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His time with Bedard is certainly over, for now at least.Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
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While there are certainly products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 18 Dec. 2024
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But nothing seemed fun in light of the far more serious issue that clearly outweighed the final game result.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Other veterans like Corbin Burnes, Blake Snell and Max Fried are the only pitchers clearly in the tier above him.Sam Blum, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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The younger promotion is growing fast and Lashley definitely won't be the last who's tempted over.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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The metaverse is a good example — maybe everyone eventually starts living online and Roblox’s digital world is still thriving, but the buzz has definitely moved on.Evan Clark, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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Here are a few ideas for quick travel options to go to places that will surely be covered in beautiful, magical snow this winter.Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
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In fact, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports that Houston could trade for Nolan Arenado—another third baseman—which would surely close the door on a potential Bregman return.Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Most DMVs were probably set up without much concern toward allowing multiple paths.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Still, with home prices near all-time highs and still rising nationally, albeit more slowly, many would-be homebuyers are probably holding out for mortgage rates to ease further in coming months.Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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And unlike in cases where people have misled law enforcement about their disappearance, police likely won't investigate Kobayashi further, Jeanis said.N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The crowd inside the Footprint Center likely will skew heavily in the Wildcats’ favor but probably won’t resemble what the Bruins are used to facing inside the McKale Center.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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One linked to a letter possibly written by the teen prior to the shooting.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Negotiations between the feuding states of New York and New Jersey over the future of congestion pricing have stalled, possibly setting the stage for another last-minute suspension of the tolling plan that is scheduled to begin next month.Ana Ley, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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However, with the rate of progress and the amount of investment going into pushing this sector forward, 2025 will assuredly be even more of a blockbuster period.Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., J.D., Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Lakers open their season Tuesday against Minnesota, the first of a schedule full of games against the best teams in the Western Conference where the margins in the standings are almost assuredly going to be really tight.Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Potentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potentially. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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