could

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There are a lot of coulds and caveats before that point.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2023

How we employ continuous fetal monitoring is but one example of the pervasive challenge of shifting medical practice from coulds to shoulds.

From Scientific American • Feb. 7, 2019

But when that kind of language is warranted for even full-blown clinical trials, all the mights and coulds in the world can’t effectively indicate to readers that this research is the babiest of baby steps. 

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2016

They decided they could save time by dispensing with all the coulds and mays.

From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2010

The list of things the children couldn’t do on Sunday was much longer than the list of coulds.

From Chicken Little Jane by Ritchie, Lily Munsell