how will/would
idiom
—used to express doubt that something will happen or is possible
How will we (ever) get everything done on time?
How would he manage without her?
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But how would the privatization of the USPS impact customers?
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Claire Grant, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
The writers would ask how would Sidd fit into the rotation.
—New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
Or, for that matter, how would an impact investor standardize an organization’s impact on kindergarten readiness in Canada versus another organization’s impact on kindergarten readiness in Brazil?
—The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The innies, who are very much like a younger generation (Mark S. tells Mark Scout that he’s lived like twenty times longer than him, so how would reintegration work exactly?) are rejecting their outies in much the same way Braddock and Robinson rejected their parents.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Claire Grant, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
The writers would ask how would Sidd fit into the rotation.
—New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
Or, for that matter, how would an impact investor standardize an organization’s impact on kindergarten readiness in Canada versus another organization’s impact on kindergarten readiness in Brazil?
—The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The innies, who are very much like a younger generation (Mark S. tells Mark Scout that he’s lived like twenty times longer than him, so how would reintegration work exactly?) are rejecting their outies in much the same way Braddock and Robinson rejected their parents.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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“How will/would.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/how%20will%2Fwould. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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