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Recent Examples of potentially
The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
This suspension affects funding streams in healthcare, potentially impacting grants and financial support for health initiatives pending further administrative review.
—Chrissa McFarlane, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
The order could have potentially impacted hundreds of billions of dollars in government spending and halted public programs that affect millions of Americans.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
And with a Salt Lake Sundance, some events can stay in Park City — potentially the labs or other events — though most likely not the core premieres.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
This suspension affects funding streams in healthcare, potentially impacting grants and financial support for health initiatives pending further administrative review.
—Chrissa McFarlane, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
The order could have potentially impacted hundreds of billions of dollars in government spending and halted public programs that affect millions of Americans.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
And with a Salt Lake Sundance, some events can stay in Park City — potentially the labs or other events — though most likely not the core premieres.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potentially
Adverb
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And while that was certainly true this year, the real winners in a lot of ways were the new additions to the guitar amplifier world.—
Josh Chesler,
SPIN,
29 Jan. 2025
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That’s certainly what some felt about Obama-era legislation called the Stop Online Piracy Act (or SOPA), which lawmakers quickly walked back after facing a really furious onslaught by the U.S. tech industry.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Keeping Baalke in place clearly has provided pause, at the very least, for candidates.—
Rob Maaddi,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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With $1,000 clearly in sight, Netflix could be headed for its first stock split in a decade.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
22 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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There was definitely an element of big brother-little brother to their relationship, with Bowden always pushing up against the limits of Freeman and the school.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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One prison that is definitely not secret is Sednaya, outside Damascus.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
27 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Over its multi-year run as part of NBC’s Dateline franchise, To Catch a Predator wasn’t impervious to criticism or lawsuits, but it was surely insulated.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Jan. 2025
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That puts the focus on smaller local and regional homebuilders and contractors to compete during what will surely be a years-long rebuilding effort.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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This is probably better answered by fortune tellers and movie makers.—
Chris Boudreau,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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Oaks are probably our best types locally, followed by pecans.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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With a big crowd, the film will likely play quite well, laughs and gasps aplenty.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
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On Thursday, investors will likely be tuning in to President Donald Trump’s keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The budget will be discussed and possibly adopted at the board’s regular Feb. 12 meeting, and an additional budget adoption meeting will be scheduled for Feb. 26 if needed, so the budget can be forwarded to the county by March 1.—
Thomas Goodwin Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Jan. 2025
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But easier rules are on the horizon instead, possibly raising risks for America's financial system.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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Prince will guide a receiver group that almost assuredly will include Jaylen Waddle and Malik Washington.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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What Mayor Muriel Bowser, most assuredly, wants to do is build a new Commanders stadium 28 years after the team left RFK for what is now Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md.—
David Aldridge,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Potentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potentially. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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