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as in potential
something that can develop or become actual
there's a possibility for violence in the situation
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as in event
something that might happen
winning the championship is a real possibility for us
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Recent Examples of possibility
Steve Hall, partner and president of ISG and chief AI officer at the global technology research and advisory firm, insisted that an AI winter is a remote possibility.
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
They were convicted at their second trial, but scored major victories earlier this year when a Los Angeles judge reduced their sentences, putting the possibility of parole on the table for the first time — in large part due to Geragos, who is still working their case.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
And, of course, with this Canucks hockey operations leadership group, there’s always the need at this time of the year to keep our antennae raised to the possibility of a trade in advance of the season.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
But as the club evolves, Feigin said that might be a possibility in the future.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
They were convicted at their second trial, but scored major victories earlier this year when a Los Angeles judge reduced their sentences, putting the possibility of parole on the table for the first time — in large part due to Geragos, who is still working their case.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
And, of course, with this Canucks hockey operations leadership group, there’s always the need at this time of the year to keep our antennae raised to the possibility of a trade in advance of the season.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
But as the club evolves, Feigin said that might be a possibility in the future.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for possibility
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As a result, a flurry of drinks, vapes, edibles, and smokable buds — many with the potential to get users high — are now widely available on store shelves across Wisconsin.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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If there is a potential for temperatures to fall into these thresholds, a freeze watch may be issued a few days ahead of time.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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This event will be the first of three supermoons in 2025, with others in November and December.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Top 10 events in Cincinnati this weekend – Lions and pumpkins and beers (oh my).—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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If Chisholm had been retired, the Yankees would have faced the prospect of scoring off Aroldis Chapman, the game’s best closer this season, in the ninth inning.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Okane is desperate at the prospect of losing both her true love and her one defender, and her desperation gives rise to extravagant and harrowing drama.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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While federal officials maintain that only criminals are being targeted, local advocates and community leaders say lawful residents and families with pending cases have also been detained, deepening fears that the crackdown is casting too wide a net and eroding public trust.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Separate from the state case, federal authorities also initiated an investigation into the terrorism charges.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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On foot, there are no boundaries in the land, no divides, nothing but the past and the potentiality of the future.—
Michael McColly,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
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Each of these sentiments points to the rich, fertile space that exists at the margins—of the body, of language, of the photograph—while also emphasizing the creative potentialities of touch, the action that propels these often porous edges to meet.—
Jessica Simmons-Reid,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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In a shutdown, the BIA would shift from normal operations to a contingency structure focused on essential functions.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Together, these partnerships diversify supply risk, deepen software resilience, and create potential co-repair and training hubs that can be activated in contingencies.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Possibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possibility. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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