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
Select members were recruited as handlers for Daedone’s wealthy boyfriend, whose massive loans to the company were apparently repaid on an installment plan of blow jobs.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
While other legendary rock bands have performed at the Las Vegas Sphere, Slash revealed that Guns N’ Roses apparently has no plans to take over the venue.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
Also, someone apparently used an offensive term to speak about a sisterhood with Madison?
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
But it was apparently stolen from the owner during a demonstration for a prospective customer.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
While other legendary rock bands have performed at the Las Vegas Sphere, Slash revealed that Guns N’ Roses apparently has no plans to take over the venue.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
Also, someone apparently used an offensive term to speak about a sisterhood with Madison?
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
But it was apparently stolen from the owner during a demonstration for a prospective customer.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 24 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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American leaders should not hesitate to rein in Taiwan’s evidently reckless leader, perhaps with a private warning.—
Lyle Goldstein,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Since the skirt was so evidently the outfit's statement piece, Biles simply paired it with a form-fitting, white long sleeve and white, knee-high boots.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
22 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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Louisville would probably look quite different if the founder of Brown-Forman never became the first whiskey maker to bottle and seal his liquor.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Sports betting is probably as old as sports itself.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Markets will likely rally Monday in response to the news of Milei’s resurgence.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Santos Jimenez remains in good physical shape, with Debbie Jimenez noting that her father-in-law would likely be going for a walk after the interview.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Apparently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apparently. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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