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perhaps

[per-haps] / pərˈhæps /


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It’s a vibe, perhaps, best captured in a social-media meme catching fire this summer that highlights videos of old trucks, classic rock and a simpler way of life.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

“I think they probably feel that the older generations just simply do not understand that, and perhaps they’re right, perhaps they don’t.”

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of early web titan Netscape, perhaps started this trend in 2023 with a 5,000-word essay he called "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto", which argued innovation was the way to solve life's problems.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

If outside immune cells could enter the brain in some people, perhaps the process was not rare at all.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

I made out distant activity—the vast wings being folded and, perhaps, chicks being fed.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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