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The band ended it for good in 2011, but its music retains its potency, as evidenced by the inclusion of “Oh My Heart” and “Strange Currencies” as source music for Hulu’s beloved series “The Bear.”

Instead, he described considering the possibility of a "highly toxic synthetic opiate" such as carfentanyl, which has a potency "hundreds of thousands of times greater than fentanyl".

From BBC

Of those, carbon dioxide is the least relevant to the local weather — while it plays a major role in the global climate, that is more because of its long lifespan rather than its immediate potency.

The potency of the Great Replacement Theory as a justification for mass murder is particularly apparent when it motivates individual actors.

From Salon

On a grey day in front of a meagre crowd, England did not have the potency to halt the determined Sri Lankans.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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