as in maybe
it is possible
perhaps we will not have to take this exam, but I doubt it
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Recent Examples of perhaps
But even with Boston needing to shed salary, there are ample assets there to easily create an eventual fresh start, perhaps trading win-now players who draft capital.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 May 2025
The film earned a hugely enthusiastic seven-minute standing ovation and, in perhaps a Cannes first, saw Skarsgard hug a man dressed in a gimp mask as the audience whooped and cheered.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 18 May 2025
The footage had a date banner reading March 27, but its release Sunday perhaps signals Moscow’s unchanged stance ahead of any future talks.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
For in a city well known for holding political conventions, perhaps none stands more consequential than the 1860 Republican Convention.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
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The newbie drama event – which is maybe not so new in the sense that is a re-imagined version of the RomaFictionFest that ran for a decade until 2017 – will be public-facing with screenings free to attend.—
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What's left is rosemary, a spice that many, many people already have in their kitchen, or maybe even growing like an angry weed in their backyard.—
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Igloo is recalling an additional 130,000 rolling coolers sold at Costco, Target and Dick's Sporting Goods because the handle can pinch – and possibly amputate – fingertips, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.—
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At last month’s meeting of, the committee discussed a recommendation focused on older adults, those with weakened immune systems and possibly those who are more likely to be exposed to the coronavirus.—
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His season is probably over due to the nature of the injury.—
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Pedro Pascal has other stuff going on! Kyle: That's probably part of it.—
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“Perhaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perhaps. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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