as in perhaps
it is possible
maybe we can make it to the concert, if we hurry
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And maybe that makes an important common thread between MU’s narrow losses and this one.
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Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2025
Speaking of the Heat’s bench, Jovic turned in the best performance of the young season and maybe his entire NBA career.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
The people who could’ve helped, who maybe were genuinely interested, never figured it out.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
As folks visit the trolls in North Carolina or maybe in the other locations, Dambo likes to tell people to be mindful of the environment.
—Khadejeh Nikouyeh, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2025
Speaking of the Heat’s bench, Jovic turned in the best performance of the young season and maybe his entire NBA career.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
The people who could’ve helped, who maybe were genuinely interested, never figured it out.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
As folks visit the trolls in North Carolina or maybe in the other locations, Dambo likes to tell people to be mindful of the environment.
—Khadejeh Nikouyeh, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maybe
Adverb
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However things turn out next month, Bowe’s 38th birthday will coincide with another passage in her life, one dripping with anticipation and, perhaps, a dose of poignancy.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Typically, after coming to an agreement — after, perhaps, sending sample files to verify that the hackers actually can unlock them — clients pay the bitcoin ransom (there is no escrow) and then wait for the encryption key.—
Suzanne King,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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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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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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“Maybe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maybe. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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