on the surface

phrase

: to all outward appearances

Examples of on the surface in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Simple on the surface Traffic control may sound like a commodity. — Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Musk remaind steadfast in his ambitious vision for the company, from orbital data centers to a fleet of humanoid robots that would enable large scale manufacturing on the surface of the Moon. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026

Now the rot is right there on the surface; the people smiling are less likely to be clueless optimists than the people who are happy about the rot, or profiting from it. — Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

Alpha-gal evolution Alpha-gal occurs naturally on the surface of cells and in the tissues of nearly all non-primate mammals. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for on the surface

• hypersurface
• undersurface
• resurface
• subsurface