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perhaps

[per-haps] / pərˈhæps /


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Another oversight battle concerns the rights of detainees who work at a facility, perhaps as a janitor, for $1 per day.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Or, perhaps, the astonishment should be at how easy it often has been to underestimate one so young.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

She says while they have message boards there too, they wouldn't be focused on solidarity with victims of one particular incident, perhaps because authorities are wary of any outpouring of public sentiment.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Few, perhaps, would have employed the same tactics Cohen used.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

Chaulmoogra oil, which is extracted from seeds of a tropical tree called Hydnocarpus wightiana, was used to treat leprosy for centuries, perhaps as early as the 1300s.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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