what if
Example Sentences
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“This is not a pipe dream anymore or a what-if story,” Wong said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024
A Hollywood strike actually made it possible to do both, but Selleck is at peace, writing “my only regret was that the what-if was there from time to time.”
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024
It was a what-if game for Liverpool, who hit the post through Mane and were 1.12cm from scoring when John Stones cleared off the line.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024
The great strength of the studio is that they play what-if for real; they don’t play what-if as an entertaining byline.
From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2023
My mother was once engaged to Leonard Cohen, which makes my siblings and I occasionally indulge in what-if thinking.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
