as in perhaps
it is possible
maybe we can make it to the concert, if we hurry
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So maybe the film is your rearview mirror?
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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Can’t Tamra recognize that maybe this is the turning point?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
But maybe the most mysterious thing about Halloweentown is how director Duwayne Dunham made the jump from David Lynch films (as an editor of Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart) to Disney.
—Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Perhaps the lack of a musical artist played a part, or maybe fans expected the game to be available via stream or TV, but there were plenty of open seats in Allen Fieldhouse on Friday.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Can’t Tamra recognize that maybe this is the turning point?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
But maybe the most mysterious thing about Halloweentown is how director Duwayne Dunham made the jump from David Lynch films (as an editor of Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart) to Disney.
—Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Perhaps the lack of a musical artist played a part, or maybe fans expected the game to be available via stream or TV, but there were plenty of open seats in Allen Fieldhouse on Friday.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maybe
Adverb
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But perhaps some of it had to do with precisely this feeling of poignancy that seeing me would have engendered in him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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But the physical being would be transformed, and perhaps the soul, which didn’t go its separate way but was always a co-conspirator with the body.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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From Snickers to Reese's to Twix, one of America's favorite indulgences is getting more expensive, as tariffs, inflation and high cocoa prices squeeze profit margins and customers' pocketbooks, possibly leading to fewer chocolate bars landing in trick-or-treat buckets this year.—
Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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Despite her busy Showgirl rollout — and possibly wedding planning — the singer has been present at many of Kelce’s home games this season.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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
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Sports betting is probably as old as sports itself.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Maybe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maybe. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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