The phrase "a potential outcome" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing possible results or consequences of a particular action or decision.
Example: "When considering the new policy, we must evaluate a potential outcome that could affect employee morale."
Alternatives: "a possible result" or "a likely consequence".
Poverty is a potential outcome for all of us.
So I think that is a potential outcome.
And, asked repeatedly whether a ban of a racing event would be a potential outcome of any review, she declined to explicitly rule it out.
Investors will be able to buy and sell these instruments throughout the legal process with their price reflecting the market's view of a potential outcome.
Colorado There is a potential outcome that has tantalized political addicts everywhere: that Colorado will become the new Florida, the state that decides it all.
The possibility of spontaneous revelation is certainly a potential outcome at "Interviewing the Audience," but there is also such a thing as collective boredom.
A Missouri spokesman said in an e-mail, "It's my understanding that there was no agreement, the agreement was to pursue that as a potential outcome".
On Wednesday, it became clear that there was a potential outcome from the case that retailers would particularly want to avoid.
"To me," he added, "there is a difference between the assumption of a potential outcome and a confidence about it borne out of knowing what it will take for a successful outcome and committing oneself to that pursuit".
"There wasn't any awareness that this was even a potential outcome," said Harry Guinness, a senior at Yale ."Whether you've been there once or 100 times, it's a very memorable place.
JAMES SUROWIECKI: Well, this is similar to the question above, and while I don't think a year ago people really anticipated this would happen, I do think that after the 2010 election, it should have been clear that this was at least a potential outcome.
