: possibly but not certainly : maybe
: something open to doubt or conjecture
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Examples of perhaps in a Sentence
Adverb
perhaps we will not have to take this exam, but I doubt it
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
That's a charge that can perhaps be leveled at the best movies in the Star Wars saga but the other key criticisms certainly can't.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
There had been reports of other fish species following sea robins around, perhaps deputizing the legged fish as scouts to track down out-of-sight prey.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
In the early 1880s, perhaps the biggest celebrities in the country made a historic pit stop in Nashville.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
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Adverb
Never one to tiptoe out of his preferred studio confines with any regularity, Lynne nonetheless crafted an absolutely dazzling production stocked with gripping visuals (in a pre-Sphere world) and perhaps the most pristine sound ever heard at a rock show.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
That's a charge that can perhaps be leveled at the best movies in the Star Wars saga but the other key criticisms certainly can't.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
There had been reports of other fish species following sea robins around, perhaps deputizing the legged fish as scouts to track down out-of-sight prey.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
In the early 1880s, perhaps the biggest celebrities in the country made a historic pit stop in Nashville.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Perhaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perhaps. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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