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
There are 700 million weekly active users of ChatGPT, and perhaps billions of users when adding in the usage of competing LLMs, all of whom are potentially being led down a primrose path by AI.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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
Whether the Yankees are willing to make that type of commitment to a player who will be 37 years old by the time the contract extension concludes will be perhaps the most critical question for the legendary franchise in the coming offseason.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Shows like Upload and Alien: Earth present visions of a world in which consciousness can be scanned by machines and perhaps even loaded into other machines.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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
Whether the Yankees are willing to make that type of commitment to a player who will be 37 years old by the time the contract extension concludes will be perhaps the most critical question for the legendary franchise in the coming offseason.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Shows like Upload and Alien: Earth present visions of a world in which consciousness can be scanned by machines and perhaps even loaded into other machines.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perhaps
Adverb
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That did not happen, maybe thankfully.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Staub in the dark, here, but maybe the Buffs are just … soft?—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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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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“Perhaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perhaps. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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