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Recent Examples of potentially
The move is part of a broader push by the Trump administration's Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reduce Americans' exposure to potentially harmful food additives.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Color Avoid using metal or dark plastic containers in full sun, as these materials can absorb and retain heat, potentially overheating the soil and damaging the roots.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
Cicadas are poised to return at some point in the spring of 2025, potentially bringing billions of bugs to neighborhoods across the eastern United States.
—Taylor Johnston, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Color Avoid using metal or dark plastic containers in full sun, as these materials can absorb and retain heat, potentially overheating the soil and damaging the roots.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
Cicadas are poised to return at some point in the spring of 2025, potentially bringing billions of bugs to neighborhoods across the eastern United States.
—Taylor Johnston, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potentially
Adverb
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This digging did not start, but was certainly accelerated by the U.S. decision to cut 83 percent of all foreign assistance programs.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Natural disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes can certainly be difficult life-altering events.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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To have to go to the Supreme Court to get what Congress clearly provided is very frustrating.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Burden will help the passing game flourish but doesn’t match the Bears’ needs, so this pick shows Chicago clearly is trying to load up on offense under new coach Ben Johnson.—
Ben Standig,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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One thing the Heat definitely can’t do is lose in the margins.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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Watching that film with the context of this series definitely helps make Cassian's entire story feel complete.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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These reefs may lack legal protections now, Hovland argued to his superiors, but once the public learned about them, regulations would surely follow.—
Christian Elliott,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
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This surely explains why, in the course of the past week, the President has been escalating his threats and targeting its endowment directly by suggesting in a social-media post that Harvard should lose its tax-exempt status.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Mary Oliver is probably my favorite among many people.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
25 Apr. 2025
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The best is probably Jonathan Bullard, a decent run-stuffer who was a 17-game starter for Brian Flores’ Vikings defense last season.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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If the Mets start losing while continuing to receive minimal production from the bottom of their batting order, then they’ll likely be inclined to make a move.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Over time, however, solar wind and radiation likely siphoned away the Martian atmosphere, gradually thinning it to the point where carbon dioxide began transforming into rock.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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But Powell, like Wall Street economists, has said that Trump's moves to raise tariffs - including a new 145% tax rate on most Chinese imports - could push inflation higher at least in the short term, and possibly for longer.—
Jason Lange,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Scherzer ordered Hemphill to remain jailed after prosecutors raised concerns about him possibly fleeing the country, citing his wealth and connections — including a history of philanthropy and family real estate holdings.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Taylor is assuredly not running any closet index fund.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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But Coyle argues that imperfect estimates are better than assuming a price of zero, which is assuredly wrong.—
Brian Deese,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Potentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potentially. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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