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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. Maynoun

    the month following April and preceding June

    Synonyms:
    whitethorn

  2. whitethorn, English hawthorn, may, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycanthanoun

    thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America

    Synonyms:
    whitethorn

PPDB, the paraphrase database3.5 / 2 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "may":

    mayo, maybe, mai, maj, perhaps, possible, maggio, ca, maja, mei, risk, 5, maio, ayar

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  1. List of known nicknames for "May":

    메이, メイ

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How to use may in a sentence?

  1. William John Bennett:

    The shortage of student loans may require ... divestiture of certain sorts-stereo divestiture, automobile divestiture, three-weeks-at-the-beach divestiture.

  2. Michael Gottlieb:

    I think a lot of companies are still uneasy about jumping into the debate now, unless more work is done to give a lot of these companies greater comfort, they may not be as enthusiastic about supporting those bills, so you may not get the level of Republican support that you need as a result.

  3. Micky Rosenthal:

    Part of the data may indeed hurt Israel's interests, but most of the data - what is the CEO's salary, how many people work there, what are the amounts of oil flowing, the financial turnover, how much Israel profited or lost ... there is nothing to prevent them from being made public.

  4. Sara Cromer:

    It's also possible that there's the acute inflammation of getting Covid which may be present in low levels, even in asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases, that can lead to a short-term insulin resistance, which can maybe snowball or set off a chain of events that leads to more longer-term insulin resistance.

  5. Gregg Hallinan:

    That could be particularly interesting, because whether or not a planet has a magnetic field may be an important factor in habitability.


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