as in perhaps
it is possible
maybe we can make it to the concert, if we hurry
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A little over the top, maybe, but full marks for acknowledging a mistake and correcting it quickly.
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Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Toronto’s Platform was created in 2015 to highlight bold, innovative early to mid-career filmmakers maybe on the cusp of breakthrough, the 10th anniversary Platform.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Her son, maybe six or seven years old, could effortlessly hitch himself up to the top of the park’s lampposts.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
There was at least one fan, and maybe just one fan, wearing a Mizzou hat and Mizzou Tigers T shirt at the event.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
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Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Toronto’s Platform was created in 2015 to highlight bold, innovative early to mid-career filmmakers maybe on the cusp of breakthrough, the 10th anniversary Platform.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Her son, maybe six or seven years old, could effortlessly hitch himself up to the top of the park’s lampposts.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
There was at least one fan, and maybe just one fan, wearing a Mizzou hat and Mizzou Tigers T shirt at the event.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maybe
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Jeffrey Katzenberg—film producer, former DreamWorks CEO, and founding partner of tech investment firm WndrCo—is, perhaps most importantly, a dad and a grandfather.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Not a good record at all for a team that not only will host the World Cup, but wants to go deep, and perhaps reach the quarterfinals.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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And among the three alternating points of view is one possibly unhinged bookseller.—
Susan Coll
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tony & Ziva viewers possibly predict that a child’s bed-wetting would be the catalyst for the couple’s June 2020 engagement?—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
12 Sep. 2025
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That probably caught Giants fans off guard, but inside the Colts’ building?—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Those guys are minutes from each other, probably seeing each other on a weekly, daily basis.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Maybe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maybe. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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