as in seemingly
to all outward appearances
apparently, the kids didn't know the cake was for the potluck, since they helped themselves to it
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Henderson also apparently shared a 51-page document before the shooting expressing violent white supremacist beliefs, sources said.
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Josh Margolin, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
The plaques that mark them are dotted everywhere, even in places like Ebenezer Hancock House, apparently the site of the United States’ oldest continually operating shoe store, which opened in 1798 and went out of business in 1968.
—Joe Minihane, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Donald Trump and Mike Pence Shake Hands During First Interaction in Nearly 4 Years
Pence also addressed his wife Karen, 68, apparently staring straight ahead and declining to acknowledge Trump and Melania in a seemingly tense moment that was caught on tape.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
In their five years of knowing each other, this is the first time that Johnny Mac has been invited over to Thadeus’s apartment—though that, apparently, had not been enough to move Thadeus’s housekeeping hand.
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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Josh Margolin, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
The plaques that mark them are dotted everywhere, even in places like Ebenezer Hancock House, apparently the site of the United States’ oldest continually operating shoe store, which opened in 1798 and went out of business in 1968.
—Joe Minihane, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Donald Trump and Mike Pence Shake Hands During First Interaction in Nearly 4 Years
Pence also addressed his wife Karen, 68, apparently staring straight ahead and declining to acknowledge Trump and Melania in a seemingly tense moment that was caught on tape.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
In their five years of knowing each other, this is the first time that Johnny Mac has been invited over to Thadeus’s apartment—though that, apparently, had not been enough to move Thadeus’s housekeeping hand.
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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Adverb
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Scanning a new Wikipedia tab can feel like turning on a faucet, using a resource that has seemingly always been there and dispensed evenly, almost magically, from the Internet pipes.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
16 Jan. 2025
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The video features the Joy-Con seemingly snapping to a cover as though attracted by a magnetic force.—
Ash Parrish,
The Verge,
16 Jan. 2025
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The supposedly authentic foreign experience is perhaps a sense of life untainted by the influence of global brands.—
Alex C. Park,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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The song is supposedly about how corporations care more about profit than creativity but this song was made to be a commercial jingle, as this Quilted Northern commercial so aptly illustrates.—
SPIN Editors,
SPIN,
21 Jan. 2025
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Those four are evidently Flick’s favourites, but Barca have a wealth of other options, not least Frenkie de Jong.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Editor’s picks The World War II wordplay was evidently a bridge too far for Greenblatt after the ADL had gone to bat for Musk in a statement on the inauguration salute that was widely seen as an abdication of the nonprofit’s exact purpose.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
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Last season, Pressly struggled to adapt to a setup role behind Hader and, ostensibly, would prefer to close games.—
Sahadev Sharma,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Her story is mostly wrapped by the finale, but there is one scene of mother and daughter learning that they’ve been granted asylum and accepting an ostensibly paltry check for their troubles.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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However, what’s happening this month (specifically on Saturday, Jan. 25, according to content copywriters who presumably never step outside at night) remains an arresting sight.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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His body was found nine days later inside a suitcase hidden under a concrete slab inside a house in Santiago in which he was presumably tortured.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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The point is, as Knoblauch insinuated, McDavid probably wouldn’t have felt the need to carry out some sort of vigilante justice if either referee — Wes McCauley or Chris Lee — raised an arm to penalize Garland for what transpired beforehand.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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But tariffs would probably weigh on retailers like Ms. Bettencourt, who carries 75,000 items in her store, ranging from lawn mowers, chain saws, paint and barbecue sauce, to tropical fish, live reptiles, cookware and baby Carhartt overalls.—
Ana Swanson,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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With a big crowd, the film will likely play quite well, laughs and gasps aplenty.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
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On Thursday, investors will likely be tuning in to President Donald Trump’s keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
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