in appearance

idiom

: in the way one looks
He is still very youthful in appearance.

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Perhaps the delight of beans in the Phaseolus genera is their diversity in appearance. Abigayle Ward, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025 Tommaso Ciampa has recently undergone a noticeable change in appearance by shaving off his trademark beard. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025 The cyanobacteria live alongside chemosynthetic bacteria, which are white in appearance. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025 Other photos showed Kim boarding what appeared to be an airborne early-warning aircraft, similar in appearance to the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail. Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in appearance

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“In appearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20appearance. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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