as in maybe
it is possible
perhaps we will not have to take this exam, but I doubt it
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Recent Examples of perhaps
In the United States, pay-what-you-can restaurants are, perhaps unsurprisingly, few and far between.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Sometimes there are strategies that focus perhaps on digital and forget about traditional marketing, combining it with merch.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
The record is vulnerable in a way that my music perhaps hasn’t been before—certainly not over the course of a whole album.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2025
Destigmatizing Who Trust Funds Are Accessible To The stigma around trust funds only being accessible to wealthy people has perhaps been one of the biggest barriers in more families creating one.
—Mariah Maddox, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Sometimes there are strategies that focus perhaps on digital and forget about traditional marketing, combining it with merch.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
The record is vulnerable in a way that my music perhaps hasn’t been before—certainly not over the course of a whole album.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2025
Destigmatizing Who Trust Funds Are Accessible To The stigma around trust funds only being accessible to wealthy people has perhaps been one of the biggest barriers in more families creating one.
—Mariah Maddox, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perhaps
Adverb
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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
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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
Adverb
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However, our source (no, not Jankie) notes that the spinoff could possibly return as a schedule-filler at some point in the future should the network need to fill a hole for a few weeks.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
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The first adaptation, a 14-minute version made by the Edison Company in 1910, is quite possibly the world’s first horror film.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Overall, training is probably more important than selective recruitment, although recruitment can be necessary for specialists with specific areas of expertise.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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The status of Brooke’s book will probably never be resolved officially.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Perhaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perhaps. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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