Synonyms for potentially
po·ten·tial·ly

Princeton's WordNet

1. potentiallyadverb

   with a possibility of becoming actual

   "he is potentially dangerous"; "potentially useful"

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1. List of paraphrases for "potentially":

   possibly, potential, perhaps, eventually, possible, likely

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How to use potentially in a sentence?

1. Justin Karl:

   It’s a very big deal, for government orbital launches, there are very few flight provider options. That is a huge segment of a changing market they have potentially captured.

2. Luis Miranda:

   We're going to continue to cast a spotlight on the Republican obstructionism on the Supreme Court and highlight how the issues before Supreme Court or potentially before Supreme Court have a major impact on the lives of the American people, too many issues at the heart of our democracy head before the court every year and deserve a full bench's consideration, so to extend the dysfunction that plagues congress to Supreme Court is unacceptable. The DNC said Thursday's call would center on voting rights, an issue that's also become a major topic for Democratic presidential candidates ahead of the South Carolina primary Saturday. The leak Wednesday that White House vetters were probing the Republican governor of Nevada, Brian Sandoval, also seemed designed to signal that President Barack Obama was considering moderate nominees in President Barack Obama selection process. Aides say President Barack Obama has not yet formed a.

3. Daniel Swain:

   Everything from the Rocky Mountain continental divide westward, including Colorado, Utah, Sierra Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico have fire conditions that look really, potentially explosive. The drought is even worse in those places than in Southern California, it looks pretty likely that it will be a severe fire season across most of West Linn.

4. Sarah Clark:

   We may see peaks of flu and COVID-19 at the same time, which could overwhelm the health care system, strain testing capacity and potentially reduce our ability to catch and treat both respiratory illnesses effectively.

5. Deputy Homeland Security Secretary:

   When do those start finding their way into the immigration flow ? when we observe that happening -- and we have not observed that happening -- that will begin to affect our calculus on the southern border and having to be more aggressive, potentially using some legal authorities that we're not engaging right now.