How to Use possibly in a Sentence

possibly

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  • The best bar in the place, and possibly in the world on Oscar night, is backstage in the Rolex Green Room.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The two must work together to raise money for the theater and possibly find love along the way.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Have your doctor talk you through the options, and possibly dissolve the filler, Idriss says.
    Liz Krieger, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But what’s possibly most impressive of all is the fact that her makeup didn’»t budge once.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Barton could thrive at both tackle or guard (and possibly center) in the NFL.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • By the end of the album, Grande comes as close as anyone possibly can to answering her question from the start of the album.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Does that sound like a terrible idea that could not possibly work?
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
  • But the next several days, weeks and months — possibly years — are likely to be a roller coaster.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
  • This hints that Carnage could possibly make an appearance down the line.
    George Yang, Variety, 22 Oct. 2023
  • But with this rate hike possibly being the last for a while, CD rates are expected to level off and may even fall later this year.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
  • The photo by Guy Aroch were so scorching that one fan questioned how the Gossip Girl star could possibly be the mother of four children.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 28 July 2023
  • Temperatures were forecast to be in the low 70s on Saturday and possibly not even out of the 60s on Sunday.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • There are a few ways in which parents can reduce and possibly prevent kids' night terrors.
    David Metzger, Parents, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Some may look to negotiate their agent’s commission down to 2%, 1% – or possibly less – perhaps in the form of a flat fee.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • With the death allegedly at the hands of her father, he is accused of hiding her remains, possibly in the Greater Boston area.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
  • And there’s more money to spend on batters who possibly can remain conscious with RISP.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The Pulitzer Prize-winning doctor and researcher explains what the understanding of cells means to the past, present and possibly the future.
    Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • While the end result will be the same—this second loan cancellation attempt will fail as did the first—the process will drag out through the 2024 elections and possibly beyond.
    Preston Cooper, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • The cave once housed burial goods from a huge swath of early human history, some possibly 9,500 years old.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • There could be more tax-and-spend issues on the ballot, possibly to fund affordable housing, and parks and libraries.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Leaning on Democrats would anger hard-liners in his party and possibly trigger calls to oust him as speaker.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Police said the man was possibly under the influence of drugs, and a restraint device was used to apprehend him.
    Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2023
  • Finau will have to play well and possibly contend in these two critical tournaments to climb that many spots.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • The death toll could grow as Israel announced plans to possibly invade Rafah, where many of the enclave's residents have sought shelter away from the battle.
    USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Paltrow complied with a possibly recent pic of the two actors on a rural road in jeans and jackets and hats, holding hands against the backdrop of fall foliage.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Fentanyl must be ingested through the nose or mouth in order to have an effect that could possibly result in an overdose.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The best player of this golden era, in top form, was facing the only younger player with a game to push him, and possibly defeat him, in a five-set match, on tennis’s biggest stage.
    Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • That’s likely to put the world on track for a third consecutive supply deficit this year and possibly even the following, according to Joules.
    Mumbi Gitau, Fortune, 29 July 2023
  • Along with possibly replacing the Clybourn Street bridge, the Marquette Interchange's south to east system ramp would be removed.
    Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Some of these storms will turn severe, with over 11 million people facing the risk of damaging winds, large hail, and possibly a few tornadoes across the South.
    Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023

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