Jewish voters represent a potentially pivotal bloc in November, and they are being courted assiduously by both candidates.

In a day of interviews throughout Israel and the West Bank, only the Jewish settlers were treating the summit meeting as a potentially pivotal event.

But this was the first Republican debate in Michigan, which holds its primary, a potentially pivotal one, on Feb. 22.

The Family Research Council, a conservative Christian group, said it would begin running television advertisements with a religious theme in the states of potentially pivotal senators.

A potentially pivotal moment had been nullified.

But this potentially pivotal role could be undercut by a reduction in Arab representation because of division among the three Arab-led parties.

The change amounts to a slight but significant shift in the playing field, and a potentially pivotal change in the dynamics of this midterm election.

The decisive factor will be how Russia plays its potentially pivotal hand.

His critics say it is no coincidence that such behavior has once again surfaced as Israel approaches a potentially pivotal moment in negotiations with Palestinians.

Socially conservative pastors and priests are wrestling with their potentially pivotal role in the tight presidential race.