as in possibly
it is possible
we could conceivably finish the project next week
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Recent Examples of conceivably
Resale values on premium EVs are notoriously bad, and with the possible exception of the Rolls-Royce Spectre, nobody has quite cracked the nut on how to build one that could conceivably be considered an heirloom.
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Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
Beyond the 22-year-old Podziemski, 22-year-old power forward Jonathan Kuminga, 23-year-old guard Moses Moody, 25-year-old center Quinten Post, and 27-year-old guard De'Anthony Melton all figure to carve out serious roles on the team this season — and could all, conceivably, level up as competitors.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Johnson acknowledged that none of the plaintiffs will have remaining NCAA eligibility after 2028 and that the NCAA’s policy on transgender athletes could conceivably change based on political and legal developments in the years ahead.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
What could conceivably compete with that?
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
Beyond the 22-year-old Podziemski, 22-year-old power forward Jonathan Kuminga, 23-year-old guard Moses Moody, 25-year-old center Quinten Post, and 27-year-old guard De'Anthony Melton all figure to carve out serious roles on the team this season — and could all, conceivably, level up as competitors.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Johnson acknowledged that none of the plaintiffs will have remaining NCAA eligibility after 2028 and that the NCAA’s policy on transgender athletes could conceivably change based on political and legal developments in the years ahead.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
What could conceivably compete with that?
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceivably
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Second, the large amplitudes of the gravitational waves needed to generate the events that Weber was claiming a detection of would provide more energy than could possibly cosmically exist in any-and-all forms of radiation combined; the Universe as a whole ruled his interpretation out.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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Boston Dynamics couples perception (IMUs, cameras, possibly LiDAR) with these controllers to enable rapid reflexive responses.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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In fact, Thanksgiving, along with Christmas and New Year’s Day, all see an uptick in those dangerous driving habits, but the fourth Thursday of November, when so many families travel long distances to gather together over turkey, stuffing or maybe mac and cheese, sees the most worrisome surge.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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From what might be the world's largest spider web to a dog's unique way of going upstairs, this week's headlines left us speechless, and maybe a bit squirmish.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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The 36-year-old's contributions to the Dodgers becoming baseball's first back-to-back champions in a quarter-century likely won't be forgotten for a long time, and perhaps during contract negotiations, will be a present reminder.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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The effects were perhaps best seen in New Jersey, a state with a Hispanic population of nearly 22%, when counties with large Latino populations moved to the left following a rightward shift in 2024.—
Halle Troadec,
ABC News,
10 Nov. 2025
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That probably stems from the extraordinary effort his players have produced across this block of fixtures.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Newsom’s closure of that highway, where shrapnel actually fell on police vehicles, probably saved both lives and plenty of property damage.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Conceivably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceivably. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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