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perhaps

[per-haps] / pərˈhæps /


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There’s another way to look at this — through geography and — perhaps — a hidden strategic imperative for the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Likewise, perhaps you were approached and asked to buy jewellery from unknown people around the time of the murder.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

But “it needed to happen relatively quickly to stop oil futures from joining the cash markets in the $140s for Brent, and perhaps that was the point,” he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Previous work by the UMass Amherst team suggests that these explosions might occur more often than expected, perhaps once every decade.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

He thought of his father and grandfather, waiting, perhaps angry, perhaps terrified and panicking, for his return.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell