Thesaurus results for MAYBE

maybe

adverb

ˈmā-bē

Definition of maybe

as in perhaps

it is possible maybe we can make it to the concert, if we hurry

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Recent Examples of maybe But maybe Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti doing local theater can be as exciting as Timothée Chalamet playing ping-pong! — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026 Just as important, however — and maybe more so to creators and advertisers — is what’s not changing. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026 The guard member from West Virginia said that normally, on domestic deployments, he was used to sleeping on the floor of an armory, maybe without electricity, and eating ready-to-eat military meals. — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026 College move-in used to mean twin XL sheets, a shower caddy, and maybe a few posters taped to a cinder-block wall. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for maybe

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But perhaps just as rewarding, and maybe even inspiring, is cracking open a book in a reader-friendly public space.

— Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026
And perhaps that’s exactly why Yamaha has decided to bring a small-capacity, single-cylinder version of the bike to the USA.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of perhaps

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That includes clarity about a roughly $60,000 payment to an entity the WPBL says is owned by Stein and possibly his wife, Shauna Stein.

— Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
The Roseville Road station planning project specifically aims to evaluate ways to improve access to the station, possibly by reopening and improving the Grand Avenue bridge.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of possibly

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Not a forest by any means, but a small woods where there are squirrels and chipmunks, probably snakes and skunks, rabbits and, now and then, passing through on some mysterious transient route, a deer or a family of deer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
And that’s probably going to be an extra big problem when people are cooped up at a remote mining outpost.

— Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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