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
With seemingly nowhere left to turn, Apple petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene in a last-ditch attempt to keep fees at an acceptable rate.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2026
Though they're occasionally photographed at fashion shows and events, the sisters seemingly maintain a high level of control over their image.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 June 2026
Sydney Sweeney has become a household name, seemingly overnight.
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Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
One of the reasons large language models were so seemingly intelligent is because they were trained on the entire history of the internet.
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Amanda McMaster,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2026
Though they're occasionally photographed at fashion shows and events, the sisters seemingly maintain a high level of control over their image.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 June 2026
Sydney Sweeney has become a household name, seemingly overnight.
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Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
One of the reasons large language models were so seemingly intelligent is because they were trained on the entire history of the internet.
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Amanda McMaster,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seemingly
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The video allegedly showed that a driver who was apparently in front of Savino swerved into the middle lane in front of a tractor-trailer to avoid a collision, the warrant affidavit said.
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Even GOATs get butterflies, apparently.
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Or means that any comments are supposedly hypocritical.
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But leaders at United Auto Workers (UAW), the primary US union for autoworkers, reacted with anger to the new robotic presence, given how GM has not yet called back any of the workers affected by supposedly temporary layoffs in March.
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He was shuffled off to Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress ostensibly to secure money for the colony’s defense but also to get him out of the way.
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These artisans, with their trade secrets, were kept on Murano, a cluster of islands just across the lagoon from the city, ostensibly as a precaution against fire, though the state would also send assassins after anyone who tried to leave.
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Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions peaked over inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
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Tensions peaked over what many Venezuelans viewed as an inadequate response by the government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the scope of the tragedy.
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The long-term health effects of the fire and its smoke probably won’t be known unless researchers conduct a follow-up study, said Eisenman of UCLA.
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Chan says the trend probably isn't for daters who have a problem overworking in their relationships.
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Once, there was a showdown with another tour bus — one presumably not carrying theatergoers.
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The users within that 7% gap had presumably found their question answered by the summary and felt no further online reading was needed to satisfy their curiosity or make a decision.
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“Seemingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seemingly. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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