1
as in potential
something that can develop or become actual
there's a possibility for violence in the situation
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2
as in event
something that might happen
winning the championship is a real possibility for us
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Recent Examples of possibility
In the case of the alcohol topic, the AI doesn’t calculate the possibility of herding you towards an addiction.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Lessons Learned And Next Steps Congratulations, you are now versed in the ominous possibility of generative AI attempting to guide you toward an addiction.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
But the relentlessness of those acts, and his never-ending tariff threats, have spooked the markets and, in an astonishingly short time, turned a bullish economic outlook into one marked by the possibility of a downturn.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
And don’t think Ottawa hasn’t thought about the possibility of playing Toronto in the playoffs.
—Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Lessons Learned And Next Steps Congratulations, you are now versed in the ominous possibility of generative AI attempting to guide you toward an addiction.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
But the relentlessness of those acts, and his never-ending tariff threats, have spooked the markets and, in an astonishingly short time, turned a bullish economic outlook into one marked by the possibility of a downturn.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
And don’t think Ottawa hasn’t thought about the possibility of playing Toronto in the playoffs.
—Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for possibility
Noun
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Many held a highly optimistic outlook on technology and its potential to solve human problems.—
Ian Urbina,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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In terms of making dating safer, Match Group, which owns Tinder, Hinge, Match, and OKCupid (among many others), has the potential for a company-wide, coordinated effort to identify, ban and report abusers on its apps, but this doesn't seem to be a priority.—
Myisha Battle,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Is an important event missing from this date?—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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Each episode follows events in real-time, starting with Jamie's arrest in episode 1, followed by the police investigation and the impact on Jamie's friends and classmates 72 hours later in episode 2.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Mets would need to part ways with a serious prospect haul, but this is the kind of trade that would make sense down the line.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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But the Senators also added to their prospect pool during the playoff drought.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Some of us cheer for teams that are already out of the playoff hunt, and in some cases might have been for months now.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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In any case, voter participation will still be low and that would seem to work in McCann’s favor, under the notion that Republicans have stronger proportional turnout.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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In a striking parallel to the 1990s, epochal thinking about the potentialities of a high technology society has once again upended politics.—
Jacob Bruggeman & Casey Eilbert / Made by History,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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Practically, then, the translator reads with an eye to understanding the affordances offered by a text—to re-creating its potentialities, rather than merely offering a lexical equivalent.—
Max Norman,
The New Yorker,
7 Dec. 2024
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Washington and Tokyo had formulated a missile deployment plan for a Taiwan contingency, Japan's Kyodo News said.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Supply chain resilience remains a priority, emphasizing supplier collaboration, demand forecasting and contingency planning rather than structural changes like nearshoring.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Possibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possibility. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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