"might-be" meaning in English

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          "text": "Firstness comprises anything capable of being described without contradiction (2.667), it is a might-be, in other words, pure possibility, which Peirce calls \"quality\": \"mere quality, or suchness, is not in itself an occurrence, as seeing a red object is; it is a mere may-be.",
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          "text": "Context two is a 'might be' and is futural and nameable as 'the desired'.",
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