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Recent Examples of potentially
Even grimmer than this, there's no guarantee that the laws of physics are the same in a baby universe as their parent universe, meaning an unpredictable fate and potentially a messy death for a hardy multinaut able to brave a black hole doorway.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 June 2025
Industry analysts warn that eliminating these incentives could cede America's competitive edge in clean technology manufacturing to China, potentially impacting national security and economic competitiveness.
—Adeola Adeosun
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
This risk is potentially even greater with Tesla’s CyberCab robotaxi model due next year, whose futuristic butterfly doors open both upward andoutward.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 June 2025
Additionally, a standalone stablecoin bill is currently in the works and could potentially pass this summer, which might significantly expand the stablecoin market.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 June 2025
Industry analysts warn that eliminating these incentives could cede America's competitive edge in clean technology manufacturing to China, potentially impacting national security and economic competitiveness.
—Adeola Adeosun
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
This risk is potentially even greater with Tesla’s CyberCab robotaxi model due next year, whose futuristic butterfly doors open both upward andoutward.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 June 2025
Additionally, a standalone stablecoin bill is currently in the works and could potentially pass this summer, which might significantly expand the stablecoin market.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potentially
Adverb
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There is no overlap between the play and Aira’s life; certainly there’s no anger against the dying of the light in Aira.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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Oscar Bobb generally gets far more assists than goals, too, but with those five players, as well as Rayan Cherki, City certainly have enough numbers for the wide roles, even if goals are not yet assured.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
Adverb
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But overall, he’s clearly put in some work on the whole public speaking thing.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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In-ho, clearly taking no pleasure in the sight in the wake of recent events, darted his eyes downward and rolled back up his window, before his driver moved on….—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
27 June 2025
Adverb
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And that, my fellow leaders, is a rare privilege that is definitely worth the cost.—
Joe Altieri,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The 6-1, 215-pound four-star from Illinois definitely improved his stock.—
Bruce Feldman,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
Adverb
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If Newsom’s podcast supplied the most humiliating audio of the new Trump era, the most humiliating image was surely a photo of Whitmer physically hiding in the Oval Office as Trump signed orders to investigate a pair of first-term officials who went on to criticize him.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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And if anyone was naive enough to imagine the U.S.-led tournament in 2026 would be free of such political baggage, then surely the increasingly public proximity of the Trump-Infantino relationship has dispelled those illusions.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
Adverb
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The most well-known is probably central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA), which was first identified in 1968 and is now one of the leading forms of hair loss among Black women.—
Zahra Spencer,
Allure,
24 June 2025
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The assignment probably won’t be anywhere near as difficult this time.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
Adverb
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The second narrative thread, while less dramatic, is arguably more substantial -- and likely owes more to Clinton than to Patterson.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 June 2025
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Perhaps nastiest of all, though, are the human bacteria likely clinging to your seemingly new clothes.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
28 June 2025
Adverb
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Lee said the owners of the static billboards will voluntarily give them up in exchange for digital billboards — possibly at a ratio of something like 5-to-1 — because digital billboards generate more advertising revenue.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Some would-be buyers cite concerns about possibly losing their jobs as well as about high mortgage rates, stock market volatility — and simply not knowing what the future holds.—
Laurel Wamsley,
NPR,
23 June 2025
Adverb
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Draisaitl, at least, is assuredly in the picture for the long term.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Clara, a 20-year-old prospect goaltender whose journey has taken him from Italy to Austria to Sweden to San Diego, will almost assuredly be the lone North American pro among the Italians.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
16 June 2025
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“Potentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potentially. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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