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Discover LudwigThe phrase "it likely was" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to express a possibility or probability that something was or will be a certain way. Example: "I heard there was a robbery at the bank last night. It likely was a planned heist, as the security cameras were disabled."
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It could be a mile, or hundreds of miles, in diameter, but to be dense enough to have survived the explosive demise and subsequent evolution of its host star, it likely was part of a large planet with a wider more distant orbit.
While the Mars gully looks a lot like river channels here on Earth, it likely was not carved out by flowing water, NASA officials said.
It likely was purchased about 1896 when published by Putnam's; that's a year that rings familiar because Princeton had its combination Sesquicentennial/Renaming/Coming-Out Party then, complete with Professor Woodrow Wilson 1879's "Princeton in the Nation's Service" address.
If his name sounded familiar before this past weekend, it likely was because of the furor that he sparked in August, when he gave his first speech before the Australian Senate and called for a "final solution" to Muslim immigration.
Decades later, the species responsible for producing the first stone tools remains unknown, but it likely was relatively small-brained, with a body proportioned quite differently from that of H. sapiens.
We were teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and the way I felt made everything seem impossible, when it likely was all possible.
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And it likely isn't the last.
It most likely was Alzheimer's disease.
It is likely be a key signing.
"It will likely be challenged.
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