as in maybe
it is possible
perchance he is playing the devil's advocate, and the opinions he has expressed are not actually his own
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Recent Examples of perchance
Because any driver worth their salt would figure this out and likely after perchance one time falling into this bit of a roadway trap, would avoid going that way entirely.
—
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
Ah, to sleep, perchance … to shrink your neural connections?
—Christopher Wanjek, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2017
To sleep, perchance to dream of a giant plate of nachos.
—Gray Chapman, SELF, 27 Mar. 2019
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
Ah, to sleep, perchance … to shrink your neural connections?
—Christopher Wanjek, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2017
To sleep, perchance to dream of a giant plate of nachos.
—Gray Chapman, SELF, 27 Mar. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perchance
Adverb
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But maybe a different dream of harmony, a literal-minded, utilitarian righteousness, an easy, almost evangelical can-do determination to make everything right?—
Robert Pinsky,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2025
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Still, the state’s clueless ad leans into the worst critiques and caricatures of government work, maybe in an effort to appeal to a post-COVID-19 workforce that resents being called back to the office.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Their perception of danger is further shaped by events like the recent fires that devastated Los Angeles, reinforcing a belief that danger, possibly caused by global crises like climate change, lurks everywhere.—
Yalda T. Uhls,
The Conversation,
30 Jan. 2025
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There's really not a lot of people, or possibly nobody, who will ever beat his record.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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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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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
Adverb
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After what was probably only mere seconds of bidding, Pringle secured the top bid at $7,000, which is worth about $57,000 today.—
Sara Pezzoni,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Jan. 2025
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Detectives working on the case eventually concluded that all the scam calls were probably coming from one person as the events and methods of operation were almost identical each time.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Perchance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perchance. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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