as in possibly
it is possible
we could conceivably finish the project next week
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Recent Examples of conceivably
Ramaphosa conceivably didn’t realize his microphone was open right at the beginning of proceedings Saturday.
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Paul Tilsley , Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Hamels has a fringy case as a starting pitcher and could conceivably be enshrined someday, but not this year.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
Of course, Holzman, Schwartz, Chu and the powers that be at Universal Pictures could conceivably plan a return to Oz.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
With games against Arkansas and Texas A&M left on the schedule, Texas could conceivably still do enough to impress the College Football Playoff committee.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 15 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceivably
Adverb
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Emily can pull together a cooking class with an Italian Duchess or a dinner at the resplendent Villa la Tasca, even, possibly, drinks with Count Guiseppe Tasca himself.—
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That sounds about right, especially since at least one of their playoff paths, and possibly both, will go through the chill of this continent’s Northeast quadrant.—
Adverb
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There were other people and other camps maybe fifty miles away.—
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Or maybe the funeral should have been held in September, when superstar pass rusher Nick Bosa’s knee buckled in Week 3.—
Adverb
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However things turn out next month, Bowe’s 38th birthday will coincide with another passage in her life, one dripping with anticipation and, perhaps, a dose of poignancy.—
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Typically, after coming to an agreement — after, perhaps, sending sample files to verify that the hackers actually can unlock them — clients pay the bitcoin ransom (there is no escrow) and then wait for the encryption key.—
Adverb
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The prioritization for that new safety should probably be in coverage skills, because Moehrig and Ransom are known more for their run-stopping and tackling prowesses.—
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Some of these trends have come back around for today’s teens, while others, like Blockbuster, are probably going to remain trapped in the past for good.—
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“Conceivably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceivably. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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