possibly
/ˈpɑsəbɫi/
adverbused to express doubt about or hesitance
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1. This involves a doctor examining the cervix through a microscope, and possibly taking a small biopsy of tissue for closer examination.
2. Modern researchers believe she may have had Scarlet Fever or, possibly, meningitis.
3. One view is: Possibly.
4. Number three, possibly find the next baby daddy.
5. No king of Lomarr could possibly break that particular precedent.
reputed
/ɹipˈjutɪd/, /ɹɪpˈjutɪd/
adjectivegenerally perceived to exist or be the case despite being uncertain
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1. And the reputed artists were almost all-male and white.
2. In July, a 24-year-old man was charged in the shooting death of a reputed mob boss.
3. He then beamed in, secured the intestines, repaired the wound in a glamorous surgery, and won himself the opportunity to serve as the chief physician to a reputed troop of Gladiators.
4. The witch doctors, the most reputed healers of the Ivory Coast, invoke the spirits to remove the spell.
5. You have a sense of the Financial Times as a reputed organisation.
to shake
/ˈʃeɪk/
verbto make something, particularly a belief or idea, less certain
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1. Then the priest shook his head.
2. Shake your bahooky.
3. Always shake your perfoom.
4. Just shake your rump.
5. People are shaking their heads.
reputedly
/ɹɪpˈjutɪdɫi/
adverbused to say that something is true according to what people say, although it is uncertain
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1. Neil Gorsuch is reputedly a Chevron foe.
2. It was at this time that the Internet started to ring with the calls of conspiracies and false flags, which were reputedly found in the form of damning and prophetic images on folded $5, $10, $20, and $50 bills.
3. Emphasizing a Single Food: Certain foods, such as grapefruit or cabbage soup, reputedly cause your body to increase its ability to burn fat.
shaky
/ˈʃeɪki/
adjectivenot stable or steady; uncertain about the exact details of something
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1. My legs are a little bit shaky.
2. - I'm just a little bit shaky on the new computer.
3. They were boring, there was a shaky camera.
4. His hands are shaky.
5. The marketing around them is shaky at best.
should
/ˈʃʊd/
verbused to show expectancy regarding something
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1. 'You shouldn't leave a stranger with them.
2. We explained why this should be our current calendar in our A new calendar for humanity video.
3. What language should we speak?
4. Also, comic fans should check out the first official trailer for The Avengers movie.
5. Things should have two legs.
somehow
/ˈsəmˌhaʊ/
adverbin a way or by some method that is not known or certain
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1. But somehow this specter evaded my many moves and purges.
2. - Somehow the word artist adds a different meaning for me.
3. Somehow your team has a certain goal.
4. In 2009, a Saudi couple somehow sued one for harassment.
5. Chris's dad somehow orchestrated a meeting with us.
someway
/sˈʌmweɪ/
adverbin some obscure manner or by some unspecified means that one does not know or understand thoroughly
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1. They think of Madison in someways that they can relate to him.
2. - Against all odds and almost by accident, this team was somehow, someway, a champion again.
3. - And in someways it's better
4. Frickin' TV shopping, Staples business depot, but somehow, someway I will end up being surrounded by towels, pots, and spatulas.
5. Could they feel threatened by you in someway?
supposedly
/səˈpoʊzədɫi/
adverbbased on what is believed or claimed not on facts
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1. One country, two systems supposedly guarantees a high-degree of autonomy from China.
2. Supposedly exposing the CIA activity.
3. This glacier supposedly contains all explanations of the past.
4. Crypto winter is supposedly here.
5. The Syracusan tyrant supposedly sent an envoy to the Persian king with gifts of gold, as well as earth and water, the traditional symbols of submission to Persia.
tentative
/ˈtɛnətɪv/, /ˈtɛntətɪv/
adjective(of an agreement, etc.) indefinite or uncertain because one might make some changes to it in the future
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1. This evidence is tentative, very controversial.
2. The stronger version is tentative.
3. The misfit's mother leads the tentative group.
4. They've read the tentative.
5. And the judge turned around her tentative.
tentatively
/ˈtɛntətɪvɫi/, /ˈtɛntəvɫi/
adverbin a way that is not certain or definite and might be changed later
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1. In 2010, the country tentatively opened.
2. In 2010, the country tentatively opened.
3. He says tentatively.
4. Her brothers tentatively follow.
5. Her brothers tentatively follow.
the jury is (still) out
/ðə dʒˈʊɹi ɪz stˈɪl ˈaʊt ˌɑːn ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
sentenceused to express that no decision is made or no opinion is formed about something due to uncertainty
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there's many a slip between the cup and the lip
/ðɛɹz mˈɛni ɐ slˈɪp bɪtwˌiːn ðə kˈʌp ænd ðə lˈɪp/
sentenceused to emphasize that something can easily go wrong in many ways and one can never be sure what will happen
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uncertain
/ənˈsɝtən/
adjectivedescribing something that is not decided and is unclear
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1. The famous gum brands future remains uncertain.
2. Its future was uncertain.
3. The exact problem is uncertain.
4. His condition from this point on remains uncertain.
5. The reason for celiac disease remains uncertain.
uncertainty
/ənˈsɝtənti/
nounsomething about which one cannot be certain; a situation that causes one to feel unsure
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1. We hate uncertainty.
2. Uncertainty is different.
3. He emphasizes uncertainty.
4. Fear- inducing uncertainty.
5. We embrace uncertainty.
unclear
/ənˈkɫɪɹ/
adjectivenot easy to understand
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1. The methods were unclear.
2. The reasons for the assassination are unclear.
3. Its fate in the Senate remains unclear.
4. The type and nature of the intercourse is unclear.
5. The motivation behind this secession remains unclear.
unconvinced
/ˌənkənˈvɪnst/
adjectivehaving doubts about the validity or credibility of something
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1. But maybe you're still unconvinced.
2. - I remain unconvinced.
3. I remain unconvinced.
4. They look completely unconvinced.
5. Elise's devastated mother is unconvinced.
unlikely
/ənˈɫaɪkɫi/
adjectivenot probable to happen or be true
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1. So that whole scenario is extremely unlikely.
2. Both suggestions are unlikely.
3. Interest rate rises are unlikely anytime soon.
4. Prohibition is very unlikely.
5. Sounds unlikely?
unsure
/ənˈʃʊɹ/
adjectivehaving doubts about or or no confidence in someone or something
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1. He looks unsure.
2. the polite person is much more unsure.
3. I'm unsure.
4. The cubs are uneasy, unsure.
5. Scientists are still unsure about the answer.
to weaken
/ˈwikən/
verbto become less resolved or determined; to cause someone to become less resolved or certain
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1. So our bones and muscles weaken.
2. It weakens the comparison the nicer.
3. It weakens the comparison the nicer.
4. Anger, weakens the liver.
5. Weaken your limiting beliefs.
would
/ˈwʊd/
verbused to express an opinion about which one is not certain
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1. Having farms in the city would solve these problems.
2. "I'd like some more jam, please."
3. She would use hand gestures too.
4. Would the explosion knock its orbit towards earth, causing tidal waves and misery?
5. His eleventh child, Rory, would be born six months later.
you can never tell
/juː kæn nˈɛvɚ tˈɛl/
sentenceused to say that one can never be sure of something
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1. Because you can never tell quite how far it goes.
2. yeah, you never can tell.
3. And you never can tell when there's a certain amount of pomposity or somebody who's making you play a particular role and if you just shake hands with somebody it's how do you do?
4. You can never tell what the source of innovation will be from someone at Harvard.
5. I can't, you can never tell lookin' at people's faces, whether they're lactating or not.