as in seemingly
to all outward appearances
apparently, the kids didn't know the cake was for the potluck, since they helped themselves to it
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Recent Examples of apparently
Officers were apparently confused.
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Aida Alami, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Your guess is as good as ours—and the rest of the Internet’s, apparently.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Sources inform Fred Katz and Joe Vardon of The Athletic that Young and Atlanta will apparently not be coming to terms on a new contract extension deal prior to the beginning of the regular season next Tuesday.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
And although plaintiffs’ Complaint acknowledges that venue is proper where Meta is headquartered Menlo Park, California, plaintiffs nonetheless sued in Los Angeles County, apparently on the mistaken belief that Menlo Park is located here.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
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Aida Alami, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Your guess is as good as ours—and the rest of the Internet’s, apparently.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Sources inform Fred Katz and Joe Vardon of The Athletic that Young and Atlanta will apparently not be coming to terms on a new contract extension deal prior to the beginning of the regular season next Tuesday.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
And although plaintiffs’ Complaint acknowledges that venue is proper where Meta is headquartered Menlo Park, California, plaintiffs nonetheless sued in Los Angeles County, apparently on the mistaken belief that Menlo Park is located here.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apparently
Adverb
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As Monaco ramped up the second-half pressure, with Spurs seemingly having no answer for the pace and fervour with which the Ligue 1 side attacked Frank’s defence from all angles, Netherlands international Teze looked set to break the deadlock.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Citing climate change concerns and the melting ice sheet, Greenland implemented a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in 2021—seemingly bringing all oil dreams to an end—but the government agreed that White Flame’s licenses were grandfathered and remained valid.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Among the 65 submissions was one that detailed the discovery of a 1930s-era oil can from Fresno that was supposedly uncovered at SDSU during an on-campus building project.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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To break the encryption would mean finding a fast solution to these supposedly infeasible problems, an act that would overturn a foundational assumption of modern math.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Tellingly, Yu’s other pup kept a distance throughout, evidently aware that whatever Lily was up to was ill-advised.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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Pay-per-view will dominate British television coverage of football Pay-per-view television was all the rage at the turn of the century, and was evidently proving successful in boxing.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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One of them is David McIntosh, president of the Club for Growth, a group that ostensibly intervenes in GOP primaries on behalf of candidates who support smaller government.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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Hal rushes away, ostensibly to tell Grace Penn.—
Trish Deitch,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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After all the members of Blackpink took a year off to pursue solo efforts, the group returned for a short tour, presumably to be followed by a more prolonged reunion.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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The target audience will presumably be sent whooshing back in time to the summer of 2007 by the Proustian sounds of Vegas rock band The Killers, whose music plays a significant role for two of the main characters.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Overall, training is probably more important than selective recruitment, although recruitment can be necessary for specialists with specific areas of expertise.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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The status of Brooke’s book will probably never be resolved officially.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Using Hubble's data, astronomers have identified more than 80 possible star clusters inside this ring, many less than 100 million years old, though the spiral galaxy itself has likely persisted for over a billion years.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Ducks will likely have a little less muscle but a bit more morale on the road.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Apparently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apparently. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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