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- noun Plural form of
possible .
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Examples
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Furthermore, it follows from this that all possibles, that is, everything that expresses essence or possible reality, strive with equal right for existence in proportion to the amount of essence or reality or the degree of perfection they contain, for perfection is nothing but the amount of essence.
Leibniz's Modal Metaphysics Look, Brandon C. 2008
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I'm having to change doctors; I still haven't started calling the possibles on my list, too fucking depressed for the last week to want to even think about it.
jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2007
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Like archery, with black powder there is a point of pride in making your own "possibles".
i just got my first muzzleloader i don't know any thing about muzzleloaders have any tips 2009
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Like archery, with black powder there is a point of pride in making your own "possibles".
i just got my first muzzleloader i don't know any thing about muzzleloaders have any tips 2009
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He's an idiot just like the rest of their "possibles" for 2012.
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I've worn out my keyboard ranting about our president's fixation on nuclear 'possibles' such as North Korea and Iran, while nuclear reality Pakistan has always been the least stable of the bunch.
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The whips are very well aware of this, btw, when compiling lists of "possibles".
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The complete file of 'possibles' made Lexington's bulging brief look like the Geri Halliwell Guide to Self - Awareness, but with time on her hands and little worthwhile to fill it, Angelique had got a copy couriered from Brussels.
A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001
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He seemed to regard submarines as an extension of his livestock and his reports had already dispatched six to market, with two 'possibles'.
between silk and cyanide Marks, Leo 1998
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Also, she had only to ask herself, what if she didn't go, but all four of her "possibles" did?
Tender Rebel Lindsey, Johanna 1988
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