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
Megan Thee Stallion seemingly landed on his bad side in her contract dispute with Rap-A-Lot Records founder J. Prince, one of rap’s fiercest Drake defenders; after Stallion accused Ontario rapper and singer Tory Lanez of shooting her in 2020, Drake made Lanez a loud cause célèbre.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
And even though Kosmic's trick is functionally impossible to pull off with human reflexes on real hardware, the method shows how the game's seemingly insurmountable kill screen actually can be overcome without modifying the code on an official Donkey Kong arcade board.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
Hope, in its essence, is the unwavering belief that better days lie ahead, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Both, however, practiced full with the two weeks’ time seemingly beneficial.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
And even though Kosmic's trick is functionally impossible to pull off with human reflexes on real hardware, the method shows how the game's seemingly insurmountable kill screen actually can be overcome without modifying the code on an official Donkey Kong arcade board.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
Hope, in its essence, is the unwavering belief that better days lie ahead, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Both, however, practiced full with the two weeks’ time seemingly beneficial.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seemingly
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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
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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
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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
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But Springer played sparingly when the Celtics had their entire core rotation available, and the team evidently determined the financial benefits of trading him outweighed his value as a depth/developmental piece.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2025
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Given that modest body of work, the signing is evidently a calculated gamble from United’s point of view.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The origin story of Ramona at Midlife probably dates back to our summer pilgrimages to Detroit.—
SPIN Contributor,
SPIN,
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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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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“Seemingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seemingly. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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