as in perhaps
it is possible
maybe we can make it to the concert, if we hurry
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Corinthians lifted the Paulista state championship on Thursday night against bitter city rivals Palmeiras, but maybe this tie came too close to the start of the national league season for both teams.
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Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
To cement his legacy, however, and for a grand strategy to materialize, the country and its national security leaders will need to overcome some fundamental and maybe intractable contradictions.
—Mick Krever, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
If the April 2 tariffs end up being less onerous than investors fear — maybe Trump includes no additional tariff increases on China, for example — stocks could rally.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Fourth, and maybe most important, even if Alston could be expansively read as lending support to college athletes using NIL, that support would only relate to antitrust scrutiny of NIL rules.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
To cement his legacy, however, and for a grand strategy to materialize, the country and its national security leaders will need to overcome some fundamental and maybe intractable contradictions.
—Mick Krever, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
If the April 2 tariffs end up being less onerous than investors fear — maybe Trump includes no additional tariff increases on China, for example — stocks could rally.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Fourth, and maybe most important, even if Alston could be expansively read as lending support to college athletes using NIL, that support would only relate to antitrust scrutiny of NIL rules.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maybe
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Unfortunately, the question of how much worth is placed on an Israeli life versus a Palestinian one is answered mostly in words, and thus, in too direct (and perhaps too didactic) a fashion, when so much of the movie’s drama could have grounded it emotionally.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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It is not believed to be on the agenda at its quarterly meetings in Zimbabwe from April 11-13, but likely to be discussed, perhaps informally.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The wound will need to be monitored and possibly treated again, according to the post, but early signs of the antibiotics working against the infection have given officials hope to Plai Sarika’s possibility of recovery.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
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Not so long ago, there was hope that major pension reform could happen sometime this year, possibly by the end of the spring legislative session.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee and Arnaud Desplechin probably are the biggest shockers.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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How our band made the decision to perform—and why we probably won’t be welcomed back By Ryan Miller Listen1.0x 0:0011:19 Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration.—
Ryan Miller,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Maybe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maybe. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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