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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
The Yankees physician points to the possibility of six-man rotations to aid rest and recovery.
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Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Saratoga residents can lease plots annually with the possibility of renewal.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
For homebuyers, that means fewer delays, fewer surprises, and the future possibility of closing on a home in days instead of weeks.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The evening highlighted both the possibilities and anxieties surrounding AI in filmmaking.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
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Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Saratoga residents can lease plots annually with the possibility of renewal.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
For homebuyers, that means fewer delays, fewer surprises, and the future possibility of closing on a home in days instead of weeks.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The evening highlighted both the possibilities and anxieties surrounding AI in filmmaking.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for possibility
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Add in the flourishes provided by Poku and Kofane, in particular — the former’s opening goal last weekend was a masterpiece — and the picture is of a brittle but talented group, clearly in a development stage, but with obvious potential in key areas.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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As people increasingly turn to such bots for emotional support and life advice, recent incidents have spotlighted their potential to manipulate vulnerable people by facilitating a false sense of closeness or care.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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In orchestrating the flight, Hamida refashions the sequence of events in her own abduction.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The eight-hour event, which was held at a local school, attracted 800 to 900 people, Waggoner says — and one of them, Brenda Hodgkin, 41, was both a volunteer and beneficiary.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Denver has a pair of young prospects on their practice squad in Patrick Murtagh and Caleb Lohner, a seventh-round pick in April’s NFL Draft, but Denver has been seeking more experience at the position.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
30 Oct. 2025
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Amid a monthslong slump in hiring, and companies announcing mass layoffs, Americans appear to be growing increasingly anxious about their job security and prospects in the current labor market.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Upon taking office, the Biden administration kept and, in many cases, expanded on these policies and positions.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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John Fitzgibbons, a Tampa criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor, said in rare cases, a grand jury can be used to gauge citizen sentiment, like whether grand jury members think a witness is reliable.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 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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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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In the Adams formulation, the true history was about chance, contingency, and unintended consequences, about political leaders who were all improvising on the edge of catastrophe.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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To make sense out of this tangle of connections and contingencies, many macroscopes employ computational models to reveal the key economic, medical, political, educational, or ecological relationships that are often invisible to all but the experts.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Possibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possibility. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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