potential threat
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpotentialandthreat
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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk/pəˈten.ʃəl/us/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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threat
noun[C]
uk/θret/us/θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandthreatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The police were apotentialthreat.
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Year 1 is the year of the scientist, who discovers somepotentialthreat.
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For each participant, one light signaled safety and the other light signaledpotentialthreat.
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On the question of economic viability, there has always been apotentialthreatfrom mechanical dyes.
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In the next section, we examine apotentialthreatto any such s-s representation system.
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Anxiety, like fear, is associated with scanning the environment in anticipation ofpotentialthreat.
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Nevertheless, thepotentialthreatexists.
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We use ordinary linear regression with robust standard errors to deal with thepotentialthreatof heteroscedasticity among countries.
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When potentially threatening content is present in visual awareness, the amygdala is activated in order to evaluate thepotentialthreat.
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We need to tackle thatpotentialthreat.
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That always presents apotentialthreat.
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That is only onepotentialthreat.
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That is a potentpotentialthreat.
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It has a still greaterpotentialthreat.
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Thepotentialthreatto our society has been spelled out.
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It is also apotentialthreatto global security.
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I acknowledge that it is a seriouspotentialthreat.
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I believe that there is apotentialthreathere.
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Therefore, it is clear that there is apotentialthreat.
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Any break in its vigil poses apotentialthreat.
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There is thepotentialthreatof ever-increasing night flights.
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Internal security was never seen as apotentialthreat.
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We must therefore take thepotentialthreatvery seriously indeed.
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Thatpotentialthreatis one which is spreading.
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In approaching their prospects, network marketers enjoy the privilege of exploiting the element of intimacy by reducing thepotentialthreatto their prospects' negative face.
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