potential loss
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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk/pəˈten.ʃəl/us/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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loss
noun
uk/lɒs/us/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandlossfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Among crops, the total globalpotentiallossdue to pests varied from about 50 % in wheat to more than 80 % in cotton production.
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Two loss rates have to be differentiated : thepotentiallossand the actual loss.
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He was, however, bothered by thepotentiallossof moral autonomy once they did so.
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The alternative version framed the cue as apotentialloss: 'states with small populations could have less influence'.
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To reduce or eliminate thispotentiallossin pension benefits, many employers have provided transitional benefits to their senior employees.
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Such transition benefits reduce thepotentiallossin pension wealth associated with the plan conversion and typically, result in fewer complaints.
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Overall, weeds produced the highestpotentialloss(34 %), with animal pests and pathogens being less important (losses of 18 and 16 %).
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Despitepotentiallossof autonomy and impaired competency, some patients may be able to participate in decisionmaking.
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However, the efficiency of the parser based on these restricted rules can far exceed thepotentiallossof information.
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Thispotentiallossof barrier function might exacerbate neuropathology by causing an early toxic accumulation of amyloid-b in endothelial cells and astrocytes.
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No work is duplicated thereby, but there is apotentiallossof space if both copies stay live for a while.
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Besides these trends, which often increase thepotentiallossof crops, the efficacy of pest control strategies has changed in many regions.
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Winners may support the same reform proposals but their support for change decreased more when the proposals were framed as apotentialloss.
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Especially the decision to discard items tagged as proper nouns unavoidably led to thepotentiallossof relevant data because of wrongly tagged items.
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Irrespective of the availability of control measures, the control of pests having a lowpotentiallossis not economically justifiable.
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Thepotentiallossdue to weeds was estimated to be higher than the sum of the potential losses due to animal pests (16 %), pathogens (9 %) and viruses (3 %).
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There is arguably a tension here with the fact that actors lose most of their protection through voluntary publicity: the more familiar the face, the greater thepotentialloss.
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Others have converted everyone to the new plan, but have given senior workers a supplemental balance that makes up for thepotentiallossof benefits due to the plan conversion.
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In combination with the production of susceptible crops, often grown with two harvests per year or without crop rotation, this results in a highpotentiallossdue to pests.
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Note that this lambda lifting is unusual in that it may lift bindings which are not function bindings, like the conversion for g, leading to apotentiallossof sharing.
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