if (at all) possible

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: if it can be done

Do your best to come home from work early, if (at all) possible.

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Another helpful thing is to fill all their medications at one pharmacy, if possible, so the pharmacist knows their medications and can check for drug interactions or duplications. —

Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025 Secret of Equilibrium Alchemy in Kingdom Come 2 is a complicated pain and most players will avoid doing it if at all possible. —

Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025 Google / Ars Technica There's long been evidence that Google's Gemini AI system tries to avoid swearing if at all possible, which might help explain why AI Overviews balk at queries that contain curses. —

Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025 Their minutes will have to be managed if possible to reduce the risk of them following their team-mates into the treatment room. —

Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for if (at all) possible

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