as in apparently
to all outward appearances
a seemingly contented baby who was fast asleep in his crib
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Recent Examples of seemingly
The screen powered on, displaying a handsome young man wearing a button-down shirt, seemingly sitting in a home office.
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The couple has three daughters, one grandchild (and another on the way), and based on the video captured by a fan, seemingly a lot to celebrate with each other.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025
With threats to higher education seemingly everywhere, institutions are increasingly considering a valuable idea most people learned in preschool — sharing.
—Derek Newton, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The ongoing, seemingly relentless AI integration, has introduced a subtle but significant risk: agency decay.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The couple has three daughters, one grandchild (and another on the way), and based on the video captured by a fan, seemingly a lot to celebrate with each other.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025
With threats to higher education seemingly everywhere, institutions are increasingly considering a valuable idea most people learned in preschool — sharing.
—Derek Newton, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The ongoing, seemingly relentless AI integration, has introduced a subtle but significant risk: agency decay.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seemingly
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The White House briefing room was renovated that year, which is apparently when WHCA took over.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Apr. 2025
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Their initial attempt wasn’t smooth—the airline first rescheduled their Munich flight to Zurich due to apparently low bookings, then canceled it altogether due to an engine issue.—
Scott Campbell,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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Unlike in dictatorships, this tends to involve not overt methods like book burning but quieter techniques such as co-opting media company shareholders to slant their coverage or using limited censorship supposedly designed to fight extremism or child pornography.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Apr. 2025
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For instance, Tyler Perry and his studios were supposedly on an advisory board, and they were described as pledging to promote the Dream.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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One meme showed a check for millions of dollars, ostensibly paid to Haddad by a criminal gang.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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And that’s while there’s ostensibly still a federal labor board to police these matters.—
Shaun Richman,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The company has evidently been building toward this moment, with Lütke's memo serving as the official announcement that the transition period is over.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In August, de Moraes increased the financial penalties and implemented a nationwide ban on X. Musk briefly circumvented the ban through Starlink, which provides internet service to many Brazilians, but he was evidently rattled.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Honestly, the matzo balls are probably going to be better.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Mini Countryman's biggest problem is probably the Hyundai Kona EV, which not only goes a lot further on a single charge but also has a starting price that's more than $12,000 cheaper, albeit with about 100 hp (75 kW) less to play with.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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That worthy goal has been raised like a hardy perennial at least since the birth of our nation, when presumably it was calculated with quill pens.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Red inflatable boats drive around the neighborhood on waterways above what presumably had been yards and streets.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Seemingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seemingly. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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