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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By Ellie Krieger For The Washington Post Deeply savory foods have a magnetic pull for me, luring me in like no sweet possibly could.
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
The landlocked nation could possibly even collect the helium, which is in high demand and has several applications in medicine and the tech industry.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
But Kyle explains that he was triggered by his earlier conversation with Ciara Miller about possibly taking time to separate from Amanda.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
While Goodman’s paradoxes and fantasies posed challenges to me as her biographer, with the advent of AI slop and ChatGPT, our courtship with illusion (and possibly delusion) is here to stay.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
The landlocked nation could possibly even collect the helium, which is in high demand and has several applications in medicine and the tech industry.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
But Kyle explains that he was triggered by his earlier conversation with Ciara Miller about possibly taking time to separate from Amanda.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
While Goodman’s paradoxes and fantasies posed challenges to me as her biographer, with the advent of AI slop and ChatGPT, our courtship with illusion (and possibly delusion) is here to stay.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for possibly
Adverb
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And maybe the Democrats would push it through on partisan grounds in a scenario where the Democrats had narrowly managed to win the House even while the Republicans had a significant structural advantage.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Aaron Rodgers — maybe — and the Steelers host the Broncos on Black Friday.—
Rob Maaddi,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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The Steelers had expected this to be the case perhaps weeks or even months ago, but Rodgers took his methodical, sweet time before committing.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Dean’s is part of a wave of restaurants—Sailor, Lord’s, Dame—that have pointedly reframed British gastronomy for a New York audience that perhaps believed too readily in the myth of English stodge.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
Adverb
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Some portion of eligible people are probably discouraged from applying at all, believing the lottery system to be rigged or pointless.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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The Chargers’ last game was a playoff loss to Vrabel’s Patriots, so nothing short of an edict from the NFL probably would have stopped the franchise’s social media team from referencing the Vrabel-Russini controversy.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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“Possibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possibly. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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