potential success

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potential
noun[U]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, ...
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success
noun
uk
/səkˈses/us
/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandsuccessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thepotentialsuccessof individual leadership or development roles will be challenges unless the organization is receptive and prepared for change.
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One of the strengths of these models is that they provide a ready-made (yet developing) rubric by which to gauge thepotentialsuccessof a new international norm.
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Members of the primary care team should also provide accurate information and advice about specialist smoking cessation services (includingpotentialsuccessrates) and encourage older smokers to attend.
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We then asked the interviewees to speculate about the letter writers, thepotentialsuccessof their missives, and other questions intended to inquire into the judgments of genre and formality.
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They have said that there is no argument about the nature andpotentialsuccessof opt-out hospitals.
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I hope that that process will add to thepotentialsuccessof the agreement.
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We endorse the broad philosophy that selective assistance should invest in success andpotentialsuccess, and should not just prop up failure.
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Statistically, there can be no doubt that in the past it has been successful and has still greatpotentialsuccess.
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To see thepotentialsuccessof raising additional funds, one has only to look at the record of those lotteries.
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Let us just suppose that it is we who are right—we who are sceptical about thepotentialsuccessof the scheme—and that franchises start to fail.
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It looks like apotentialsuccess.
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Convinced of itspotentialsuccess, he recorded the track.
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At this meeting, accountants played up the costs of the picture while downgrading their forecast of itspotentialsuccess.
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Thus, the accelerated path toward economic mobility that lures new immigrants into enclave economies pose a challenge topotentialsuccess.
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Typically, it will be one of many factors used to assignpotentialsuccessmeasures to each concept.
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The company will run advertisements and sales promotions for the product, tracking sales results to determine the productspotentialsuccess.
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However, some sources speculate about thepotentialsuccessand reception of the song.
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A deficiency in this protein in humans can produce lung diseases, and its artificial creation was thought to be apotentialsuccessin the diseases' treatment.
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The degree of planning: an indicator of thepotentialsuccessof health education programs.
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