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Adverb
maybe we can make it to the concert, if we hurry
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2024
At the dawn of the Holocene, the global population was maybe four million—barely enough to fill a city like Sydney or St. Petersburg.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
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Adverb
Arizona’s strangest museum — or maybe just its rustiest — clings to a hill high above the Verde Valley.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2024
At the dawn of the Holocene, the global population was maybe four million—barely enough to fill a city like Sydney or St. Petersburg.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for maybe
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“Maybe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maybe. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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