: possibly but not certainly : maybe
: something open to doubt or conjecture
Examples of perhaps in a Sentence
Adverb
perhaps we will not have to take this exam, but I doubt it
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Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
A little farther back, in 2023, a fascinating paper came out asserting that perhaps Hawking radiation isn’t just for black holes, but rather should apply to any massive object that led to spacetime curvature.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025
But modern, cold-adapted, dam-building beavers of the genus Castor appear to have evolved roughly 12 million years ago, perhaps in response to cooling temperatures.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
In her euphoria, Wolfe perhaps misses the important red flags that this scenario sets out and instead embarks on a campus tour to recruit students that gives Tinder its all-important launch.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
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Adverb
And perhaps most corrosively, the quiet anxiety that comes from staking your identity on an uncertain outcome.
—Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
A little farther back, in 2023, a fascinating paper came out asserting that perhaps Hawking radiation isn’t just for black holes, but rather should apply to any massive object that led to spacetime curvature.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025
But modern, cold-adapted, dam-building beavers of the genus Castor appear to have evolved roughly 12 million years ago, perhaps in response to cooling temperatures.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
In her euphoria, Wolfe perhaps misses the important red flags that this scenario sets out and instead embarks on a campus tour to recruit students that gives Tinder its all-important launch.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Perhaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perhaps. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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