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may

[mey] / meɪ /
VERB
grant permission
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VERB
concede possibility
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It may also indicate that Broadcom is taking a more active role in financing the AI ecosystem.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

“If it does, 2026 may well be remembered as the year the U.S. IPO market truly reopened.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Some online retailers may hesitate to tell customers when an item is in low supply, fearing it might encourage them to shop elsewhere or discourage them from buying anything else on the site.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Preoccupied as he may be regarding his time left on Earth, Brock characteristically pivots to a kind of hesitant sanguinity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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




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