as in maybe
it is possible
he may possibly recover after such a serious mistake, but it doesn't seem likely
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Russell and his colleagues did some calculations and found that solar flares could actually be over 100 million degrees Fahrenheit, and quite possibly hotter.
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Video from the incident, however, shows that the confrontation may have been sparked by Prescott himself, who seemingly — though possibly unintentionally — spit in Carter’s direction during the opening huddle.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2025
But that sentence alone couldn’t possibly convey where the story goes from there.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
But Hsiao-Lee especially keeps clear of her father, Chiang (Roy Chiu), an auto mechanic who stumbles into the apartment dead drunk after work, ready to start a fight or possibly do much worse.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Video from the incident, however, shows that the confrontation may have been sparked by Prescott himself, who seemingly — though possibly unintentionally — spit in Carter’s direction during the opening huddle.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2025
But that sentence alone couldn’t possibly convey where the story goes from there.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
But Hsiao-Lee especially keeps clear of her father, Chiang (Roy Chiu), an auto mechanic who stumbles into the apartment dead drunk after work, ready to start a fight or possibly do much worse.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for possibly
Adverb
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A little over the top, maybe, but full marks for acknowledging a mistake and correcting it quickly.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Toronto’s Platform was created in 2015 to highlight bold, innovative early to mid-career filmmakers maybe on the cusp of breakthrough, the 10th anniversary Platform.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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
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Not a good record at all for a team that not only will host the World Cup, but wants to go deep, and perhaps reach the quarterfinals.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Competitively, the discontinuation probably worked for Kansas, which won no more than three games in any season between 2010 and 2022.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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Djokovic, probably the greatest returner ever with probably the greatest backhand ever, took his backhand cut and sailed it long.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Possibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possibly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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