: possibly but not certainly : maybe
: something open to doubt or conjecture
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perhaps we will not have to take this exam, but I doubt it
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Herro spent much of his early career engulfed by trade speculation; now, perhaps the club sees him as part of the foundation worth holding onto and building onto.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Around that time, perhaps realizing DeepSeek’s potential and amid the Chinese government’s regulatory crackdown on quantitative trading, Liang started to scale down High-Flyer to focus on the new firm.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
Meet Trump's pick for director of national intelligence Gabbard faces perhaps the most difficult route to confirmation of all of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Adverb
The story was perhaps most famously adapted for the screen in James Whale's 1931 film, which starred Boris Karloff as the Creature.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Herro spent much of his early career engulfed by trade speculation; now, perhaps the club sees him as part of the foundation worth holding onto and building onto.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Around that time, perhaps realizing DeepSeek’s potential and amid the Chinese government’s regulatory crackdown on quantitative trading, Liang started to scale down High-Flyer to focus on the new firm.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
Meet Trump's pick for director of national intelligence Gabbard faces perhaps the most difficult route to confirmation of all of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Perhaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perhaps. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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