as in perhaps
it is possible
maybe we can make it to the concert, if we hurry
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A little over the top, maybe, but full marks for acknowledging a mistake and correcting it quickly.
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Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Toronto’s Platform was created in 2015 to highlight bold, innovative early to mid-career filmmakers maybe on the cusp of breakthrough, the 10th anniversary Platform.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Her son, maybe six or seven years old, could effortlessly hitch himself up to the top of the park’s lampposts.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
There was at least one fan, and maybe just one fan, wearing a Mizzou hat and Mizzou Tigers T shirt at the event.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
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Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Toronto’s Platform was created in 2015 to highlight bold, innovative early to mid-career filmmakers maybe on the cusp of breakthrough, the 10th anniversary Platform.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Her son, maybe six or seven years old, could effortlessly hitch himself up to the top of the park’s lampposts.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
There was at least one fan, and maybe just one fan, wearing a Mizzou hat and Mizzou Tigers T shirt at the event.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
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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
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In the years to come at Dodger Stadium, expect a jersey retirement ceremony and possibly a statue erected in the Centerfield Plaza for Clayton Kershaw alongside the likes of Sandy Koufax and Jackie Robinson.—
Wayne G. McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Sources say Kelce and the Love Story singer spent part of this summer touring at least two lavish estates in Northeast Ohio’s affluent Eastside suburbs, possibly marking their first joint real estate purchase outside Kelce’s Kansas City base.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 Sep. 2025
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That probably caught Giants fans off guard, but inside the Colts’ building?—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Those guys are minutes from each other, probably seeing each other on a weekly, daily basis.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Maybe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maybe. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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