arguably
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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“Certain conduct at least arguably crossed the line,” the judge wrote in the order.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Each was the top scorer on their former squads — Washington State and Utah, respectively — and have taken on drastically different roles as arguably the fourth and fifth pieces of this Bruins team.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
As head of Germany's armed forces he's the most powerful, and arguably the most important, soldier in Europe.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
It remains to be seen whether Meta would sustain major damage from more widespread legal action related to child exploitation or the arguably addictive nature of social media.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
He finds arguably the worst person in all of Renaissance Italy—the worst person on a very long list of extremely bad people—and signs up to work for him.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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