as in apparently
to all outward appearances
she was evidently dissatisfied with her job and abruptly quit
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Recent Examples of evidently
Given that modest body of work, the signing is evidently a calculated gamble from United’s point of view.
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Jack Lang, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
The property up for sale includes the ground-floor restaurant and kitchen — including, evidently, all appliances and decor — plus a private event space, offices and an additional 10,000 or so square feet of basement space.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
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These drawings are evidently meant to reassure Chinatown residents who worry that a borough jail will be a forbiddingly alien presence, a keep without a castle, plunked down in a city street.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Jan. 2025
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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Jack Lang, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
The property up for sale includes the ground-floor restaurant and kitchen — including, evidently, all appliances and decor — plus a private event space, offices and an additional 10,000 or so square feet of basement space.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
Photo-Illustration: Tutor Perini Photo-Illustration: Tutor Perini Photo-Illustration: Tutor Perini
These drawings are evidently meant to reassure Chinatown residents who worry that a borough jail will be a forbiddingly alien presence, a keep without a castle, plunked down in a city street.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Jan. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evidently
Adverb
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The versatile Chestnut, 56, leads with intellect, charm and six-pack abs as Dr. John Watson, the beloved colleague of the apparently deceased Sherlock Holmes, in CBS' modern series.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Leslie Bibb is Kate, a Texas housewife apparently married to a tycoon.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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While there are some situation-specific factors that have colored the past couple of seasons, like Swift's pop-cultural presence and seemingly every commercial break featuring K.C., there's also a general human impulse to support the underdog, even if that may seem counterproductive.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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Ever feel like your hair seemingly thinned overnight?—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
9 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Sociologists have been perplexed at the scale and stubbornness of the decline in fertility, which does not appear to be materially impacted by various governments' attempts to intervene with supposedly birth-inducing policies like tax credits.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Brügger, who’s made a specialty of exposing corruption, human rights, and law-violating kingpins, sees an opportunity to question the myth of Denmark as the least corrupt country in the world, a welfare state supposedly built on trust.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Adames also stopped by the Arizona complex after signing his record-setting seven-year, $182 million contract, ostensibly to check out the Giants’ facilities and scope out houses in the Scottsdale area.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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While the premise is ostensibly a tour through the different eras of New York City, the real purpose was to tour the different eras of SNL casts through this big, brassy prism.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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My answer is probably not, but certain aspects of your role might evolve.—
Morgan Smith,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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Given that these things won't see daily use for most people, that's probably fine.—
Tim Stevens,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Now Quentin and his merry band of murderous gays are dead by her hand, presumably leaving Greg to enjoy an undivided inheritance of $500 million.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
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Six-year-old Louis and nine-year-old Charlotte's portraits presumably depict Kate, from the shoulders up.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Evidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evidently. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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