as in likely
by reasonable assumption
we would probably win that bet
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Recent Examples of probably
In 1904, when Elizabeth was born, there were probably about 200 Jews in a town with somewhere around 6,000 inhabitants.
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Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
The answer is probably the former, but the album’s accumulation of lines like this is enough to throw you a bit, to let in a minor interpretive shift that changes the song’s whole meaning.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
This will probably be my 10th concert, but over a lot of years.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
From the outside, Amanda McCracken's dating life in her 20s and 30s probably looked like that of many other young adults.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
The answer is probably the former, but the album’s accumulation of lines like this is enough to throw you a bit, to let in a minor interpretive shift that changes the song’s whole meaning.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
This will probably be my 10th concert, but over a lot of years.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
From the outside, Amanda McCracken's dating life in her 20s and 30s probably looked like that of many other young adults.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for probably
Adverb
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Those are applications, likely sent by mail, that have been submitted but that the agency has not physically opened and assigned a category.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2026
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Associated retail and student housing will likely be part of the surrounding area.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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As a teen-ager listening to folk music in London pubs, I’d been attracted to the instrument’s nimble, tinkling cheerfulness, its being on the margins, not too demanding, perhaps.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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After the first sunny spring day, Parisians have officially packed up their winter wardrobe and replaced knits and boots with breezy trench coats and elegant ballerina flats—a look the French are perhaps most famous for.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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So hopefully to be able to grow them in the brand from a Jetta maybe to a Tiguan to an Atlas.—
Robert Ferris,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2026
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The studio does have a D23 coming up in the fall, so maybe some of the biggest secrets are being kept until then, but this presentation didn’t disappoint the fans.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Probably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probably. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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