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perhaps

[per-haps] / pərˈhæps /


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For OpenAI, going public is imperative, perhaps existential.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026

In that way, Morrison’s work was always a radical experiment — and is perhaps why, according to the American Library Assn.,

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

I think the grass could perhaps be Arthur's best surface.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

As a political science scholar who studies presidential power, I believe the unitary executive theory is perhaps the most contentious and consequential constitutional theory of the past several decades.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2026

There was little time to think because I had to study for exams, and perhaps that lack of time made up my mind for me.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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