| Noncommittal reply |
Newsday |
19 Oct 2025 |
| "If you ask me nicely …" |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2025 |
| "It's possible" |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2025 |
| Noncommittal answer |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Aug 2025 |
| "Still considering it" |
LA Times Daily |
12 Aug 2025 |
| "Perhaps" |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Noncommittal reply |
Newsday |
15 Jun 2025 |
| "Let me get back to you on that" |
|
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| "If ___ say so ...": 2 wds. |
|
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| "Perhaps" |
Universal |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Unclear response to "Are you coming?" |
New York Times |
31 Mar 2025 |
| "Might get around to it ..." |
|
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| Noncommittal answer |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Hedger's response |
|
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| "Perhaps. That's something that interests me" |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2025 |
| "It's possible" |
Universal |
17 Jan 2025 |
| "Still deciding" |
Universal |
05 Jan 2025 |
| "Possibly" |
Universal |
29 Dec 2024 |
| "If __ be so bold..." |
Newsday |
10 Dec 2024 |
| "It's a possibility for me" |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2024 |
| "It's a possibility for me" |
Universal |
04 Aug 2024 |
| "___ Destroy You" (Michaela Cole BBC series) |
|
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| Unsure person's words |
|
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| "It's a possibility for me" |
Newsday |
27 May 2024 |
| ___ be wrong, but ...: 2 wds. |
|
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| "That could work for me" |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2024 |
| "Still considering it" |
Universal |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Noncommittal RSVP |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2024 |
| "If ___ be so bold ...": 2 wds. |
Commuter |
15 Apr 2024 |
| "If ___ be so bold...": 2 wds. |
|
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| "Perhaps" |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2024 |
| "Thinking about it" |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2024 |
| Noncommittal response to "Will you attend?" |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Feb 2024 |
| "It's a possibility for me" |
Newsday |
05 Feb 2024 |
| Apt rhyme for "Can't say" |
Newsday |
03 Feb 2024 |
| "We'll see" |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2024 |
| "Not sure yet" |
New York Times |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Verbal waffle |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Wishy-washy reply to "Will you?" |
Universal |
10 Dec 2023 |
| Waffler's response |
Universal |
19 Nov 2023 |
| "If ___ be so bold..." ("Let me speak my mind.."): 2 wds. |
|
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| 'Will you?' reply |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2023 |
| "Perhaps" |
Universal |
19 Sep 2023 |
| "There's a chance" |
Universal |
21 Aug 2023 |
| 'Perhaps' |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2023 |
| '__ be wrong, but . . .' |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2023 |
| "Perhaps" |
Universal |
28 Jun 2023 |
| "Perhaps" |
LA Times Daily |
28 May 2023 |
| Commitment-phobe's response |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 May 2023 |
| "If ___ suggest...": 2 wds. |
|
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| '__ be wrong, but . . .' |
Newsday |
17 Jan 2023 |
| 'That's a possibility for me' |
Newsday |
14 Dec 2022 |
| Noncommittal answer |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Nov 2022 |
| Qualified 'yes' |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2022 |
| Qualified “yes” |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2022 |
| '___ Destroy You' |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2022 |
| 'Haven't decided yet . . .' |
USA Today |
23 Jun 2022 |
| "Thinking about it" |
Universal |
07 May 2022 |
| "Possibly" |
Universal |
24 Apr 2022 |
| Noncommittal answer |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jan 2022 |
| Wishy-washy response |
New York Times |
19 Dec 2021 |
| 'If ___ be so bold . . .' |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2021 |
| Noncommittal response |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Reply from one who's on the fence |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Nov 2021 |
| Words from one who's on the fence |
The Washington Post Sunday |
29 Aug 2021 |
| ''That's a possibility for me'' |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2021 |
| Noncommittal reply |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2021 |
| 'If ___ say so . . .' |
USA Today |
06 May 2021 |
| Noncommittal response to 'You coming?' |
New York Times |
02 May 2021 |
| 'If ___ be so bold . . .' |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2021 |
| Inedible waffle |
Newsday |
13 Mar 2021 |
| Noncommittal reply |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Mar 2021 |
| "Haven't decided yet" |
LA Times Daily |
17 Feb 2021 |
| 'Haven't decided yet' |
The Washington Post |
17 Feb 2021 |
| ''Perhaps'' |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2020 |
| ''That's a possibility for me'' |
Newsday |
02 Nov 2020 |
| "If — be so bold ..." |
Premier Sunday |
01 Nov 2020 |
| 'It's possible' |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2020 |
| 'If ___ be so bold ...' |
Jonesin |
01 Sep 2020 |
| Noncommittal response |
USA Today |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Wishy-washy R.S.V.P |
New York Times |
16 Feb 2020 |
| Wishy-washy R.S.V.P. |
|
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| 'Possibly' |
The Washington Post |
23 Dec 2019 |
| "Possibly" |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2019 |
| "If ___ suggest...": 2 wds. |
|
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| "If ___ be so bold...": 2 wds. |
|
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| "Tomorrow ___ not be around." ("Let's do it today"): 2 wds. |
|
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| "Possibly" |
Universal |
18 Sep 2019 |
| "If ___" (if given permission): 2 wds. |
|
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| 'Haven't decided' |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Noncommittal reply |
Universal |
02 Jul 2019 |
| Commitment-phobe's response |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Jun 2019 |
| "If ___ suggest...": 2 wds. |
|
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| Waffling response |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 May 2019 |
| Noncommittal response |
New York Times |
11 May 2019 |
| 'It's a possibility' |
USA Today |
02 May 2019 |
| "It could happen" |
LA Times Daily |
24 Mar 2019 |
| 'It could happen' |
The Washington Post |
24 Mar 2019 |
| "If ___ suggest...": 2 wds. |
|
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| 'If ___ be so bold...' |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Feb 2019 |
| "It's a possibility" |
|
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| "Haven't decided" |
|
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| "It could happen" |
|
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| Noncommittal response |
|
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| "If ___ be so bold..." |
|
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| "Possibly" |
|
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| Noncommittal reply |
|
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| 'Haven't decided yet' |
USA Today |
14 Dec 2018 |
| Noncommittal reply to 'Will you?' |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Oct 2018 |
| Tentative statement |
The Washington Post |
14 Sep 2018 |
| Tentative statement |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2018 |
| "Perhaps" |
LA Times Daily |
07 Sep 2018 |
| 'Perhaps' |
The Washington Post |
07 Sep 2018 |
| ''If __ be so bold . . .'' |
Newsday |
17 Jul 2018 |
| 'It's a possibility for me' |
Premier Sunday |
15 Jul 2018 |
| "___ be late for dinner": 2 wds. |
|
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| 'It's a possibility for me' |
New York Times |
22 Mar 2018 |
| "Haven't decided yet" |
|
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| "Haven't decided yet" |
|
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| "Perhaps" |
|
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| Tentative statement |
|
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| Noncommittal reply to "Will you?" |
|
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| "It's a possibility for me" |
|
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| 'It's possible' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
29 Oct 2017 |
| Hedging response |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2017 |
| Hedging response |
The Washington Post |
18 Jul 2017 |
| 'Perhaps' |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2017 |
| 'Possibly' |
New York Times |
27 Apr 2017 |
| 'Not sure yet' |
The Washington Post |
08 Mar 2017 |
| "Not sure yet" |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2017 |
| "Possibly" |
|
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| "Not sure yet" |
|
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| Hedging response |
|
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| "Perhaps" |
|
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| Noncommittal phrase |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2016 |
| '___ as well' |
New York Times |
09 Oct 2016 |
| Noncommital answer |
USA Today |
23 May 2016 |
| Noncommital answer |
|
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| "___ as well" |
|
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| Wishy-washy reply to 'Will you?' |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Nov 2015 |
| Indecisive comment |
LA Times Daily |
18 Sep 2015 |
| Reply offering hope |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2015 |
| "Could happen" |
LA Times Daily |
15 Aug 2015 |
| "It depends" |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2015 |
| Reply offering hope |
|
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| Indecisive comment |
|
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| "It depends" |
|
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| "Could happen" |
|
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| "If __ be so bold . . ." |
|
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| "It depends" |
|
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| Wishy-washy reply to "Will you?" |
|
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| "If ___ be so bold ... " |
|
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| Noncommittal reply |
|
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| Noncommittal response |
|
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| "__ be wrong, but . . ." |
|
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| Noncommittal words |
|
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| "Haven't decided yet" |
|
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| Wishy-washy reply |
|
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| Polite words after "if" |
|
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| Noncommittal reply |
|
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| Uncertain response |
|
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| "Haven't decided yet" |
|
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| "That's a possibility" |
|
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| Uncertain response |
|
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| Reply suggesting "perhaps" |
|
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| "If ___ be so bold ..." |
|
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| "__ be wrong, but ..." |
|
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| "Wherever ___ Roam" (Metallica song) |
|
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| "If __ make a suggestion ..." |
|
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| Noncommittal phrase |
|
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| "__ be wrong, but ..." |
|
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| "If __ make a suggestion ..." |
|
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| "... or ___ be asleep" ("Blue Jay Way" lyric) |
|
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| Wishy-washy response |
|
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| "Possibly" |
|
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| "Haven't decided yet" |
|
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| "Possibly" |
|
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| Words after "if" or before "as well" |
|
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| "It depends on my schedule" |
|
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| "If ___ suggest ..." |
|
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| "It's a possibility" |
|
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| "It's a possibility" |
|
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| Words of noncommitment |
|
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| "If ___ be so bold ..." |
|
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| "If ___ be so bold . . ." |
|
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| "It's a possibility" |
|
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| "If ___ be so bold" |
|
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| Formal hedger's response |
|
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| Noncommittal words |
|
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| Noncommittal words |
|
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| Iffy reply |
|
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| "___ disagree with what you say, but ... " |
|
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| "You never know" |
|
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| Iffy reply |
|
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| Words of noncommitment |
|
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| "You never know" |
|
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| "You never know" |
|
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| "__ be wrong, but..." |
|
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| "If ___ be so bold ..." |
|
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| "__ be wrong, but..." |
|
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| Noncommittal words |
|
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| "If ___ be so bold..." |
|
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| "If ___..." |
|
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| Words from a possible participant |
|
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| Noncommittal words |
|
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| "If ___..." |
|
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| "___ be wrong, but..." |
|
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| "Wish __, wish . . ." |
|
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| If ___ be so bold . . . |
|
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| "___ be wrong, but..." |
|
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| Noncommittal words |
|
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| "If ___ be so bold ..." |
|
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| "If ___ be so bold..." |
|
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| " . . . thrive as best ___": Shak. |
|
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| Equivocal reply |
|
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| "If __ be so bold" |
|
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| "If ___ be so bold" |
|
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| "___ be wrong, but . . . " |
|
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| "Ask me later" |
|
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| "Let me think about it" |
|
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| "Haven't decided yet" |
|
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| "___ be wrong . . . " |
|
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