potent source

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potent
adjective
uk
/ˈpəʊ.tənt/us
/ˈpoʊ.t̬ənt/
very powerful, forceful, ...
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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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(Definition ofpotentandsourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One exceptionallypotentsourcefor these insinuations is the recording industry in its attempts to control markets.
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The underlying argument is that the absence of fine-tuning can be apotentsourceof ineffective feedback.
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This ear th-sur face entity was apotentsourceof shamanic power, and shamans meditated on her and placed their own images in her generative womb.
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The erosion of differentials through taxation has been apotentsourceof grievance, has harmed output and productivity, and has created industrial strife.
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Ignorance and misunderstanding of the law can be apotentsourceof conflict.
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River-borne pollution is by far and away the mostpotentsourceof pollution.
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After all, a parked vehicle, while being in normal times a verypotentsourceof obstruction, is not the only one; there are many others.
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The system's profligacy with vehicle miles means that just in time will become an increasinglypotentsourceof carbon dioxide emissions.
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They were largely responsible for the national dock strike in 1972 and have been apotentsourceof industrial unrest for many years.
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Why introduce apotentsourceof misunderstanding and resentment?
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That may in itself be apotentsourceof infection, but it is quite different from ordinary social contact.
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Fuels, for example, are apotentsourceof energy, but are also potentially dangerous because of their highly flammable nature.
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Secondly, they will probably be apotentsourceof electrical interference.
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This was the price which the industry had to pay in developing thispotentsourceof energy and it was a reasonable price.
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It is sometimes said that to-day the electricity stations are themselves apotentsourceof pollution.
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This has proved—and would otherwise remain—apotentsourceof industrial unrest.
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It is apotentsourceof malnutrition, poverty, ill health and unsatisfactory conditions.
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That is probably the mostpotentsourceof complication in this legislation.
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Lack of planning in the distribution of industry has been a far morepotentsourcein bringing about inflation, or the threat of inflation, than the so-called pressure of wages.
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Religion has been apotentsourceof division and hatred down through the ages.
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