potential outcome

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandoutcome

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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outcome
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈaʊt.kʌm/us
/ˈaʊt.kʌm/
a result or effect of an action, ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandoutcomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Anotherpotentialoutcometo consider is interbiotype mating and emergence of a hybrid swarm.
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Associated with each level of education is apotentialoutcome.
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Apotentialoutcomeis that the neighborhood for local, cooperative interactions might be more extensive in the iso-eccentric axis.
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With generative rules and production systems, one can use increasingly powerful mechanisms to account for anypotentialoutcome.
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However, thispotentialoutcomeis different from that of having a limited life span and having preferred an unlimited one.
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Considerations such as the record of past gains from such action might be used to gauge thepotentialoutcomeof a withdrawal of labor.
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Our approach relaxes this assumption by allowing arbitrary dependence acrosspotentialoutcomedistributions.
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Strictly speaking 'randomness' means haphazard, or occurring heedlessly without aim or principle, or statistically speaking eachpotentialoutcomeis unpredictable.
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They could determine that they will not proceed because they do not like thepotentialoutcomeof the election.
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I make no comment on thepotentialoutcome, but the advice would have been investigated.
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Clearly, we must be mindful of thatpotentialoutcome.
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That is a terrifying prospect, having apotentialoutcomefor vast parts of our community.
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We have no preconception about thepotentialoutcome.
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We, if we pursue the legislative path, embark upon a whole apparatus of controls, with penalties as the outcome, with criminal offences as thepotentialoutcome.
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Under the rating system, the assessment of a hazard has two elements: the likelihood of an occurrence resulting in harm, and thepotentialoutcomeof that occurrence.
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Proponents also identify apotentialoutcomeof crowdfunding as an exponential increase in available venture capital.
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Treatment and thepotentialoutcomeof the treatment may depend on the cause.
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This theory states that people make decisions by determining the likelihood of apotentialoutcome, the value of the outcome and then multiplying the two.
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Onepotentialoutcomeof widespread global labor arbitrage, then, is exploitation and even death of workers in countries that have the fewest protections.
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Anotherpotentialoutcomeis for contending powerful parties to fall into a stalemate.
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