as in maybe
it is possible
mayhap I could see you again next week? I so enjoyed our date tonight
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Recent Examples of mayhap
Given that the Switch is getting up there in years compared to its competition, mayhap a new system is on the horizon, one that might be teased at tomorrow’s Direct?
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Ash Parrish, The Verge, 7 Feb. 2023
Ash Parrish, The Verge, 7 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mayhap
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
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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State leaders have also lambasted school administrators for possibly drawing from an unusually high infusion of federal money that districts received in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The man also had a black backpack and wore fingerless gloves, police said, and was seen driving toward a park exit in a black, four-door sedan, possibly a Mazda, with a license plate possibly covered with electrical or duct tape.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
Adverb
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Geist said people probably didn't hear — or even see — the tsunami from Tuesday's earthquake.—
Michal Ruprecht,
NPR,
30 July 2025
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But could the show possibly work in today’s culture, which has shifted so dramatically that today Hank would probably be dismissed in conservative circles as a RINO, and his irrational conspiracy-nut friend Dale sounds like a mainstream Republican?—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
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“Mayhap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mayhap. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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