as in seemingly
to all outward appearances
the lake's putatively pristine water is actually crawling with microorganisms that can wreak havoc with your gastrointestinal system
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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 -
For Bulls fans seemingly stuck in a time loop, not so much.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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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Miller’s apparently been leaning on his new teammate this spring.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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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
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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
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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But Vought’s smile and the evidently apolitical nature of the 28 words posted on Facebook and X were anything but normal for progressive alums.—
Mason Laney,
National Review,
15 Feb. 2025
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And Stone, who’s 81 now, evidently couldn’t be cajoled into comment.—
Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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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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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
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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Combined with the roller attachment that kneads bread more gently, this takes a considerable amount of stress off of the motor—which is probably one of the reasons why the Assistent has a 7-year warranty.—
Jesse Raub,
Bon Appétit,
11 Feb. 2025
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Rodgers, 28, remains a free agent and though Spotrac projects his market worth at $56.4 million over four years, given that he was cut by the Rockies in November and has failed to catch on with any other team, he could likely be acquired for significantly less.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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And American retailers and manufacturers likely would absorb at least some of the duties instead of passing them along to consumers through higher prices, economists said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Putatively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putatively. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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