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An example use of может in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:
“… где-то 40 50 даже может быть но и опять …”
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the word может occurs in russian on average 1389.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.