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as in potentials
something that can develop or become actual
there's a possibility for violence in the situation
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as in events
something that might happen
winning the championship is a real possibility for us
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Recent Examples of possibilities
With a generous amount of wall space, the decor possibilities are endless.
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Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025
My Seven Mothers is an eye-opening account of the challenges and possibilities connected with liberation and radical social change during the 1970s.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
There’s a chapter in the book talking about all this, looking at the range of possibilities and challenges that exist for places close in to the sun, such as Mercury, to the other extreme, far-out places such as Neptune and even further afield.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
Their fearless blend of feminism, fun, and unapologetic attitude helped redefine the possibilities for women in rap—and in music at large.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Nov. 2025
The one-bedroom, one-bathroom vessel is really a living artifact with stories — and possibilities.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2025
The site spits back a raft of possibilities.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
McCaffrey multiplied the possibilities.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
About Pisen Founded in 2003, Pisen is a leading provider of power solutions, dedicated to designing innovative products that empower human connections, spark curiosity, and light up possibilities.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025
My Seven Mothers is an eye-opening account of the challenges and possibilities connected with liberation and radical social change during the 1970s.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
There’s a chapter in the book talking about all this, looking at the range of possibilities and challenges that exist for places close in to the sun, such as Mercury, to the other extreme, far-out places such as Neptune and even further afield.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
Their fearless blend of feminism, fun, and unapologetic attitude helped redefine the possibilities for women in rap—and in music at large.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Nov. 2025
The one-bedroom, one-bathroom vessel is really a living artifact with stories — and possibilities.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2025
The site spits back a raft of possibilities.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
McCaffrey multiplied the possibilities.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
About Pisen Founded in 2003, Pisen is a leading provider of power solutions, dedicated to designing innovative products that empower human connections, spark curiosity, and light up possibilities.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for possibilities
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That’s no longer the case, and suddenly the possibilities for who wins this category are endless, with Taylor, Wicked’s Ariana Grande, and Sentimental Value’s Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas all feeling like potentials at this stage.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Writing on future potentials for synthetic biology in 1912, none other than Stéphane Leduc — the scientist who, as previously mentioned, gave the field its name — made precisely this claim.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
15 Sep. 2025
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Find more university press titles featured on the University Press Week reading list, along with a schedule of University Press Week events.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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The president has attended plenty of sporting events over the last 13 months.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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And where there is injustice and frustration, the potentialities for violence are greater.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
12 Oct. 2025
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In some cases, actions of the British armed forces have been described as unjustified.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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In many of these cases, individual players have got caught by highly sensitive algorithms put in place by the betting companies to detect unusual activity.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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Those spheres would increasingly rub up against one another, and the prospects for geopolitical fracture and great-power war would intensify.—
Peter D. Feaver,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Since 2022, Black led all the Giants prospects with 492 strikeouts in 103 minor-league appearances.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
11 Nov. 2025
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In blockade and quarantine contingencies, lawfare and economic coercion might matter as much as air-naval power.—
Eyck Freymann,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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Preparing to meet a host of contingencies entails writing a series of scripts that predict the future.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Possibilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possibilities. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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