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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
While this seems the most ideal scenario, another scenario that could be in the realm of possibilities is a final tour, but with Yungblud performing alongside the band.
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Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Viewing Zionism historically helps reveal it not as a caricatured monolith but as a national movement like so many others—one that encompasses a complex past, competing ideas, and a future whose possibilities have not yet been exhausted.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Noah's rapidly growing hair has Yanez imagining all the possibilities for his first birthday.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent academic research offers both possibilities and warnings for OpenAI's age-detection approach.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Nonetheless, other possibilities — imagining the creation of unprecedented forms of matter that can catastrophically spread — have haunted physicists for decades.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
Nolthenius and his colleagues had to rule out several other possibilities.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
If successful, the neutrino laser could open surprising possibilities.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Those possibilities allowed for a range of comedians and reality stars to be sought for the SBS6 version, along with a greater exploration of the beauty of the Netherlands, including a trip up the notoriously flat country’s one and only mountain, De Keutenberg.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Viewing Zionism historically helps reveal it not as a caricatured monolith but as a national movement like so many others—one that encompasses a complex past, competing ideas, and a future whose possibilities have not yet been exhausted.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Noah's rapidly growing hair has Yanez imagining all the possibilities for his first birthday.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent academic research offers both possibilities and warnings for OpenAI's age-detection approach.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Nonetheless, other possibilities — imagining the creation of unprecedented forms of matter that can catastrophically spread — have haunted physicists for decades.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
Nolthenius and his colleagues had to rule out several other possibilities.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
If successful, the neutrino laser could open surprising possibilities.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Those possibilities allowed for a range of comedians and reality stars to be sought for the SBS6 version, along with a greater exploration of the beauty of the Netherlands, including a trip up the notoriously flat country’s one and only mountain, De Keutenberg.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for possibilities
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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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However, the Environmental Protection Agency has been working to phase out products like Forane 134a to instead use items with reduced global warming potentials.—
Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
26 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, Usher, Meagan Good, and Jay-Z joined events that blended music, style, and philanthropy, reminding us just how many lanes the culture continues to dominate.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
15 Sep. 2025
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Movies are still big events, still consumed in long sittings, still treated as cultural monuments.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In some cases, triglyceride levels rose by factors of 100 or more.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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The three names all have an overweight rating, market capitalizations below $20 billion and could offer upside between 20% to 50% based on Morgan Stanley analysts’ base and bull cases.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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On the opening day of the Wild’s prospects camp last week, Cronin was working as head coach of Minnesota’s AHL affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025
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Two days after Helsley was sent to the New York Mets for prospects, Svanson got thrown into the deep end without a life preserver in San Diego.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The unit is tasked with responding to contingencies and crises.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Shocks are anticipated, and contingencies put in place.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Possibilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possibilities. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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