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might-have-been

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might-have-been   (mīt'əv-bĭn')
n.   pl. might-have-beens (-bĭnz')
An event that could have but never did occur: "This is one of the great might-have-beens of modern history" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
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might-have-been

noun
an event that could have occurred but never did 
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