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may

[mey] / meɪ /
VERB
grant permission
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VERB
concede possibility
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Scientists can use it to better understand extreme weather events such as storms, flooding and droughts, and to improve projections of how climate change may alter future weather patterns.

From Science Daily

Because this interaction between myCAFs and nerves takes place so early, targeting it may offer a new therapeutic strategy.

From Science Daily

Using this approach, the team identified important biological pathways that may contribute to memory loss and the gradual breakdown of brain tissue.

From Science Daily

In other words, the reset may depend less on rhetoric and more on whether the bigger neighbour chooses confidence over caution.

From BBC

Quintero, the young entrepreneur, also welcomes the notion that his hometown may return to its renowned era of affluence.

From Los Angeles Times