: possibly but not certainly : maybe
: something open to doubt or conjecture
Examples of perhaps in a Sentence
Adverb
perhaps we will not have to take this exam, but I doubt it
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Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
The foundation in Simi Valley, California, is perhaps best known for maintaining the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.
—Rob Gillies, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Omnivory may perhaps be inevitable, given whale sharks’ essentially indiscriminate form of feeding.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
Almost six years since Mike Henry was named to lead the world’s largest mining company by market cap, speculation has begun about who might succeed him, perhaps by the middle of next year.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Adverb
But perhaps one of the most complete.
—Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
The foundation in Simi Valley, California, is perhaps best known for maintaining the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.
—Rob Gillies, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Omnivory may perhaps be inevitable, given whale sharks’ essentially indiscriminate form of feeding.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
Almost six years since Mike Henry was named to lead the world’s largest mining company by market cap, speculation has begun about who might succeed him, perhaps by the middle of next year.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Perhaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perhaps. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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