as in likely
by reasonable assumption
we would probably win that bet
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Recent Examples of probably
Vrabel probably smells blood in the water.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
There was probably 30-40 people there.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The next newsletter will probably be in your inbox Monday morning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Soul fans probably owned James Brown’s Live at the Apollo, Otis Redding’s In Person at the Whisky a Go Go or Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace gospel foray.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
There was probably 30-40 people there.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The next newsletter will probably be in your inbox Monday morning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Soul fans probably owned James Brown’s Live at the Apollo, Otis Redding’s In Person at the Whisky a Go Go or Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace gospel foray.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for probably
Adverb
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Similar American drone sales to the UAE and Qatar will likely proceed once Washington reinterprets its obligations under that 1987 treaty, and will probably exceed the number China has sold to the region to date.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The study also claims that the ASW system could reduce a submarine’s chance of escape to just 5 percent, meaning only one in 20 would likely evade detection and attack.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Her site, which grew out of a blog about motherhood and home décor, had become perhaps the most popular chronicler of Kennedy’s rise, offering half a million Substack followers an inside look at the Secretary’s new life in the upper echelons of the American right.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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London time, perhaps reflecting the fact that credit rating downgrades were expected in the days after the collapse of former Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's government on Monday following a confidence vote.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That did not happen, maybe thankfully.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Staub in the dark, here, but maybe the Buffs are just … soft?—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Probably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probably. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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