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what-if

noun

Definitions

  1. A speculation as to what might have happened if something else had happened earlier.

    • Each man was running over the what ifs in his mind.

  2. A hypothetical case or situation, usually evoked by a sense of anxiety or uncertainty.

  3. To speculate about the consequences of something that could have happened.

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Derived

what-iffery

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for what-if. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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