as in maybe
it is possible
perhaps we will not have to take this exam, but I doubt it
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The bands best known for coming of age there (the Ramones, Blondie, the Patti Smith Group, Television, Suicide, Richard Hell and the Voidoids) were united perhaps more in spirit than in sound.
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Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Tucked between Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale, Coconut Creek, Florida, is a quieter take on Broward County—and considering the flutter of thousands of butterfly wings here, perhaps even an oasis.
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
Or perhaps, just a matter of perception.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Nov. 2025
At the end of the regular season, 29 points separated the two teams — and perhaps most pertinently, Gotham had never beaten the Current.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Tucked between Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale, Coconut Creek, Florida, is a quieter take on Broward County—and considering the flutter of thousands of butterfly wings here, perhaps even an oasis.
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
Or perhaps, just a matter of perception.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Nov. 2025
At the end of the regular season, 29 points separated the two teams — and perhaps most pertinently, Gotham had never beaten the Current.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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Adverb
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In fact, Thanksgiving, along with Christmas and New Year’s Day, all see an uptick in those dangerous driving habits, but the fourth Thursday of November, when so many families travel long distances to gather together over turkey, stuffing or maybe mac and cheese, sees the most worrisome surge.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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From what might be the world's largest spider web to a dog's unique way of going upstairs, this week's headlines left us speechless, and maybe a bit squirmish.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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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
Adverb
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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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“Perhaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perhaps. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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