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adverb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of likely
Adjective
Additional heavy rainfall is likely beyond Tuesday; uncertainty at that time range precludes exact storm totals. Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025 This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
Tropical storm conditions are likely occuring in Jamaica, with hurricane conditions expected to begin by Monday. Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025 The Spurs likely won't win enough games for Wembanyama to get any real MVP consideration this season. Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for likely
Recent Examples of Synonyms for likely
Adjective
  • Anthony Davis was the only Lakers player listed as probable on the injury report from that day.
    Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • How probable is a US launch anyway?
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His career, once so promising, seemed to be slipping away.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The promising honors student had mysteriously vanished after spending an evening with friends at a local bar then leaving alone without her cellphone and stopping at a gas station next door, Houston police said.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement Still, how plausible is Bigelow’s tick-tock nightmare?
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
  • There were plausible reasons to sell senior players Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Jarell Quansah and Caoimhin Kelleher — given the sums that were offered, or the fact that the players themselves were pushing for moves — but none had to be sold.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • No need to curb your enthusiasm here because Tony Hawk did a pretty, pretty good job disguising himself as the legendary Larry David.
    Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • André Burakovsky scored the prettiest Blackhawks goal of the season, and surely one of the best in the league, in the third period, briefly cutting the deficit to two goals.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Louisville would probably look quite different if the founder of Brown-Forman never became the first whiskey maker to bottle and seal his liquor.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Sports betting is probably as old as sports itself.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Since last Thursday, Disney has run public messages notifying YouTube TV customers of a possible blackout.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • An additional 1 to 2 inches is possible today over portions of Hispaniola.
    MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The bright bubblegum-pink design has green sketches of the movie’s most iconic characters, including Glinda, Elphaba, Madame Morrible, and the Cowardly Lion, while gold accents add extra shine to the dishwasher-safe cup.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Now, children laugh and study in the open-air structure, boasting candy-bright paint.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The opposition and many Western governments have rejected the result, citing a lack of transparency and credible voting data.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Any of Morocco’s front three could have featured here; all credible suggestions for player of the tournament.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Likely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likely. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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