How to Use apparent in a Sentence
apparent
adjective- What was the apparent cause of the accident?
- We disagreed on the apparent meaning of the movie.
- From the beginning, it was apparent that she was not an ordinary child.
- He started yelling and throwing things for no apparent reason.
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Nowhere was the rise of K-beauty more apparent than in the skin-care realm.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2024
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The body was found near the shore, about 20 miles south of Cassville, and had an apparent gunshot wound.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 1 June 2023
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But the fraught nature of those ties was apparent at the G-20 summit.
—Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
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The Middle Fork was reshaped by the gold rush of the 1800s, which was apparent throughout the trip.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
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That should be apparent to anyone who’s watched a game or scanned a box score.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2022
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This was made even more apparent with the recent Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs case.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2022
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Think too deeply, though, and the lack of stakes becomes too apparent to ignore.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
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Evan White to the Braves, in another apparent salary dump.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
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The Moon will close the apparent distance between the two until in one moment the starlight will be gone!
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 13 July 2024
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There is an apparent bullet wound by his right ear and blood has stained his white shirt.
—Noah Goldbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
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This was apparent at an early preview, when Killam emerged as one of the Knights of Ni.
—Sopan Deb, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
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But going against Boozer, the gulf in their skill sets was apparent.
—Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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The scale of this cut in research support becomes apparent at the state level, with harms to both red and blue states.
—Ars Technica, 12 Feb. 2025
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The high alcohol noted on the label is not apparent on the palate.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022
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The reality of the world was very apparent and just hit me at every turn.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2024
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That couldn't be more apparent than PBS' lineup tonight, at least.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2023
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Tripp was pronounced dead at the scene with an apparent gunshot wound.
—Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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Nowhere was that more apparent than in the depths of despair, when the family grew even closer in the wake of Teddy’s death.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2022
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Last year in court, Tardy chalked the apparent discrepancies up to poor word choice.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
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The Ravens seemed to have a stranglehold on the game when Jackson had a third-down sneak to the Baltimore 46 for an apparent first down.
—Tom Canavan, ajc, 17 Oct. 2022
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Nowhere is that more apparent than in the top five priorities list for 2024.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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The teenage victim was found by police on the ground in a first-floor bedroom with apparent gunshot wounds.
—Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
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Video showed the apparent twister roaring across a Wellington road.
—NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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And the local difference will also be apparent at the first real stop: A lounge, with a bar and food.
—oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2023
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The noted fan was seen rocking the team’s cap in St. Peter’s Square this week in an apparent nod to the upcoming celebration.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 14 June 2025
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Separation between Mars and the moon's upper edge is given in terms of minutes of arc (the apparent width of the moon on June 29 is 31 arc minutes), and the percentage of the apparent width of the moon.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 June 2025
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