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MAYBE
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
By chance
Example:
it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time
Synonyms:
maybe; mayhap; peradventure; perchance; perhaps; possibly
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Context examples:
Lactate is one of the fuels that supports growth, proliferation, and maybe even lung cancer metastases.
(Study Challenges Long-Standing Concept in Cancer Metabolism, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
December is a month of surprises, so maybe the secret you hear will turn out to be a happy one that will thrill you, and let’s hope so!
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I'm thinking that Blundell got him at the wrong moment, maybe, or in the wrong fashion.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Accordingly, this agent maybe more potent compared to an agent that inhibits either PI3K kinase or mTOR kinase alone.
(PI3K/mTOR Dual Kinase Inhibitor XL765, NCI Thesaurus)
“I would not have you go back to Friar’s Oak with long faces, or maybe they would not let you come to me again.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I doen't know, you see, but maybe she believed—or hoped—he had drifted out to them parts, where the flowers is always a-blowing, and the country bright.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Poor fellow, maybe he is thinking, and I can see his face all wrinkled up with the concentration of his thoughts.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Two at least were in it, and maybe three.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This agent maybe used in T-cell related autoimmune diseases including psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn s disease and T-cell cancers
(Peldesine, NCI Thesaurus)
"My head aches and I'm tired, so I thought maybe some of you would go," said Beth.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
