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Recent Examples of potentially
But human rights groups and international lawyers say the scheme is problematic, contradicts previous statements made by the Ukrainian government, and could potentially put more people at risk of being snatched by the Russians.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
Is that going to involve potentially eliminating roles?
—Ayesha Javed, Time, 8 June 2025
Now they're forced to recalculate total trip costs, potentially discovering Southwest is no longer the cheapest option when fees are included.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Chiuri’s departure has been rumored for months, with every show since January being billed as potentially her last.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 29 May 2025
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
Is that going to involve potentially eliminating roles?
—Ayesha Javed, Time, 8 June 2025
Now they're forced to recalculate total trip costs, potentially discovering Southwest is no longer the cheapest option when fees are included.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Chiuri’s departure has been rumored for months, with every show since January being billed as potentially her last.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potentially
Adverb
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Zombie series in these settings are still going to be pricey, and so AMC certainly has that to consider.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Rodriguez is a partner with Lysol, which cleans up the stink — and the Yanks certainly could have used some in Los Angeles' Chavez Ravine.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
Adverb
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That bottle was clearly an attempt at manufacturing a collector’s item, flavor be damned, but that is absolutely not the case here.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
15 June 2025
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Lanier himself has an affable, bro-ish air on camera and clearly enjoys making these videos.—
Em Sauter,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
Adverb
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Cornstarch is especially crucial for baked meringues in hot and humid areas, and the American South is most definitely that, to say the least.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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There are definitely different applicable statutes, depending on the form of community association.—
Howard Dakoff,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
Adverb
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Quite reasonably Trump’s critics, and surely many who are fans of Trump, are astounded by his conceit.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Soon, though, this early trickle of new titles had turned into a flood, with When Saturday Comes, surely the wise old grandfather of them all these days, first hitting the streets in 1986.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
Adverb
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Francis’s wan desire for a spiritual element to his reconciliation with his brothers is probably Anderson’s get-out-of-jail-free card for this movie being aware of its own shallowness.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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The embarrassing part is the inability to recognize a joke by probably 80 percent people here.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
Adverb
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Magic officials appear to think that a fully healthy roster will be a top-five team in the East through the end of the decade, which, in turn, likely would mean that those outgoing picks to the Grizzlies will land anywhere from 20th to 30th overall most of the time.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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If your privacy practices have been less than perfect in the past—and whose have not, given the vanishingly tiny odds of evading every form of digital data collection—additional information about you from over the years is likely available from hundreds of data brokers.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
16 June 2025
Adverb
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Also, your bladder becomes overfilled to accommodate a large volume of urine and is less efficient in emptying, which leads to incomplete bladder emptying and possibly even urinary tract infections.—
Sara Reardon,
Flow Space,
10 June 2025
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Nevertheless, new tariffs may directly affect UPS by increasing costs for customers and possibly decreasing shipping volumes, especially in international trade.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
Adverb
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Cue the understudies, Burford and Pleasants, who are both in contract years but will assuredly be cheaper to re-sign.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
6 June 2025
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Readers can judge for themselves — and most assuredly will — as to whether there’s more to the story.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
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“Potentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potentially. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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