possible world
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In July, a buoy off the Florida coast reported a hot-tub-like reading of 101.1 degrees Fahrenheit, or more than 38 Celsius, a possible world record for sea surface temperatures.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
Ukraine has offered “a new understanding of a future possible world war,” a professor at the National Defense University in Beijing wrote.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
"It's a preview of a possible world of chaos and turmoil that none of us would want to live in."
From Reuters ● Jun. 11, 2022
Bulked up with spawn eggs, they have transformed from summer slim to a possible world record Rubenesque.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2022
Their speculations were purely abstract and theoretical; they applied to any possible world and not to our actual world.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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