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apparently

adverb

ə-ˈper-ənt-lē

Definition of apparently

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 They trade glances across the table and crack jokes that don’t always need explaining; the years together have apparently given them their own shorthand and inside humor. — Crystal Bell, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026 The apparently bulky buildings and trees of the 3D game world around us would actually be pixels flickering on a flat screen. — Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026 And because towing a trailer apparently wasn't complicated enough already, Super Cruise with trailering capability is available as well. — New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026 Scrutinizing juror independence – and conduct Judge William Sullivan, who presided over the case, apparently shares those concerns. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for apparently

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Because Luann’s microphone has seemingly been surgically attached to her body, her toast goes on for over 35 minutes.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
After the event was disrupted by an armed intruder, the Administration and the association scheduled a July do-over, where Trump delivered a rambling speech indulging seemingly every tangent that sprang to mind, but his contempt remained apparent.

— Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of seemingly

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Given Polymarket’s popularity, its prices can feed back into the events its bets supposedly only predict.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Rogers was also aware that Lee, now supposedly an economics professor at a Chinese university, had an unusually intense interest in him.

— Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of supposedly

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Breaking the law evidently isn’t one of the mayoral achievements City Hall is seeking to amplify.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
With 53% of US 18-to-29s favorable towards socialism but only 45% favorable towards capitalism, Gen Z evidently feel let down by capitalism.

— Luba Kassova, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of evidently

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The Taliban’s return to power was swift, though preventing it had ostensibly been the entire point of the decades-long occupation, the bombs, the hundreds of thousands of lives lost.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
In the south, an array of militias and armed groups arose over the years, ostensibly to back the government against the rebels.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of ostensibly

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The other underclassmen Hurley was referring to in the top nine would presumably be sophomore star Braylon Mullins and freshmen Colben Landrew and Junior County, who are both expected to make immediate contributions.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Once the shift to the Trop is official, game times and ticket information presumably will follow.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of presumably

Adverb

While those companies are not named in the Boulder case, they are named as defendants in similar climate lawsuits filed across the country, suits that very likely would be affected by the high court’s ruling.

— Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Powers also has an employment contract that likely affords him protection and the chance to contest accusations before he is terminated for cause.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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