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

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