if (at all) possible
idiom
: if it can be done
Do your best to come home from work early, if (at all) possible.
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Lastly, if possible, enhance team morale and well-being.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The Mayo Clinic advises to avoid contact with rodents if possible and to wear protection when cleaning up rodent habitats due to limited treatments for the disease.
—Veronica Miracle, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
These conditions pose challenges for travel, so exercise extra caution on the road or consider postponing your trip if possible.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
Volunteers are asked to bring reusable bags or buckets, gloves and trash pickers, if possible.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The Mayo Clinic advises to avoid contact with rodents if possible and to wear protection when cleaning up rodent habitats due to limited treatments for the disease.
—Veronica Miracle, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
These conditions pose challenges for travel, so exercise extra caution on the road or consider postponing your trip if possible.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
Volunteers are asked to bring reusable bags or buckets, gloves and trash pickers, if possible.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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“If (at all) possible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/if%20%28at%20all%29%20possible. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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