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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Recent Examples of possibly
Some other state, possibly culminating in a singularity but definitely not an inflationary state itself, must have preceded it.
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Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Even consumer discretionary companies, possibly, if the consumer manages to keep spending even with higher inflation.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
At the time, police said that if found guilty, Lewis faced 5-to-10 years in state prison for his child endangerment charge, while Scala faced possibly up to 18 months.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
How could Spishak possibly know?
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Even consumer discretionary companies, possibly, if the consumer manages to keep spending even with higher inflation.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
At the time, police said that if found guilty, Lewis faced 5-to-10 years in state prison for his child endangerment charge, while Scala faced possibly up to 18 months.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
How could Spishak possibly know?
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for possibly
Adverb
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Well, maybe a little surprised, considering the opponent was the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, who allowed only four runs in sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Barring a late season storm, Duarte and Palazon expect the prices to hold steady, maybe even drop a little, as the first-month fever and novelty dies down.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Kidnapped on the way home from school Yokota’s daughter Megumi is perhaps one of the most well-known of Japan’s abductees.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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The megaconstellation will get considerably bigger, however, adding perhaps another 30,000 satellites or so over the coming years.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Louisville would probably look quite different if the founder of Brown-Forman never became the first whiskey maker to bottle and seal his liquor.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Sports betting is probably as old as sports itself.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Possibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possibly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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