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may

[mey] / meɪ /
VERB
grant permission
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VERB
concede possibility
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We have answered several questions you may have about the tariffs and what they mean for trade.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

To say they stole the show may be discrediting, however, as I’m sure they had it in them all along.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

She may also appear alongside her husband at some of his charity events.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Once the fear wears off and the road becomes home, the group develops its own rituals and routines, but maintains its connection to what came before all this, however fleeting it may be.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

Whether or not this was true, whether the infant lived, and if so, who may have raised it, is entirely unknown.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

What is true today might not be true tomorrow.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Much of the focus on AI’s impact on work has highlighted jobs—how corporate ladders will be structured and how staff might be reduced.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

You might have absorbed her cumulative presence across decades of guest roles from “The Twilight Zone” to “The Rockford Files” to “Newhart.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

A president whose best friends are the people who need him might one day discover that they no longer do.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

You might eventually shorten it to Sandy June’s.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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