as in likely
by reasonable assumption
we would probably win that bet
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Recent Examples of probably
This is probably the place to confess that the greater percentage of my time aboard the QM2 was spent doing nothing.
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Guy Trebay, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
By contrast, the images of gay men are more physically suggestive but romantically ambiguous, probably because, although men’s bodies were less policed than women’s, male homosexuality was more widely criminalized.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
If the first duty of the department is to win court cases, Bondi's leadership has a record of failure that is probably worse than any attorney general in DOJ history.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Teff is probably best known as the core ingredient in injera, Ethiopia’s iconic spongy bread, but the grain also has plenty of other uses.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 15 July 2025
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Guy Trebay, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
By contrast, the images of gay men are more physically suggestive but romantically ambiguous, probably because, although men’s bodies were less policed than women’s, male homosexuality was more widely criminalized.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
If the first duty of the department is to win court cases, Bondi's leadership has a record of failure that is probably worse than any attorney general in DOJ history.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Teff is probably best known as the core ingredient in injera, Ethiopia’s iconic spongy bread, but the grain also has plenty of other uses.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for probably
Adverb
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Adelita Grijalva decisively won the Democratic primary for Arizona's 7th Congressional District, likely succeeding her father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva.—
Laura Gersony,
AZCentral.com,
23 July 2025
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Soliman will likely be one of many detainees scheduled in front of the court at the same time, as The Enquirer learned in sitting through a morning of Riedthaler-Williams' docket last month.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
23 July 2025
Adverb
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Cook’s all-too-brief career is perhaps the most frustrating what-if in Cincinnati sports history.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
30 July 2025
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In perhaps the most visible example of the challenges ahead for Ah Yun, union members lined the entrance into the Al McGuire Center, passing out pro-union sheets to those headed inside for the inauguration.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
30 July 2025
Adverb
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And maybe somebody can tell them to just simmer down.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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That means bringing in the best practitioners and figuring out what guests want and what maybe doesn’t work as well.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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“Probably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probably. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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