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
The latest season chronicled their (apparently failed) attempt to rebuild the relationship after that separation.
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
During his youth, Norris apparently lived for a while in Prairie Village.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026
Gen Z, apparently, doesn't know that.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Several videos show checkpoints set up under bridges, apparently as cover from strikes.
—Sarah El Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
During his youth, Norris apparently lived for a while in Prairie Village.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026
Gen Z, apparently, doesn't know that.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Several videos show checkpoints set up under bridges, apparently as cover from strikes.
—Sarah El Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apparently
Adverb
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Despite playing major minutes over the past week, Adebayo at one point in the first half turned to Spoelstra seemingly displeased with being subbed out.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Iowa twice missed the front ends of one-and-ones as Florida seemingly gained control the game.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Their supposedly clever leaders have fallen, one after another, to American and Israeli bullets and bombs.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Because lawsuits against Monsanto—the former owner of Roundup, which Bayer acquired for $63 billion in 2018—revealed emails that show the company’s scientists secretly helped conceive and write the supposedly independent study.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
23 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Such a designation, evidently, would save agents from wasting time chasing phantoms.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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Tanker trucks were hijacked and found later, empty, their liquid-gold cargo evidently disgorged into some gas station’s underground tanks.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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That forces the Padres to choose, ostensibly, between France and Jose Miranda by Saturday.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2026
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Hungary’s leader blocked a $104 billion EU loan to Kyiv, ostensibly over repairs to an oil pipeline in Ukraine but which critics characterized as political grandstanding ahead of a tight election at home next month.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Someone had caught the reptile from the small creek nearby, and was keeping it alive in a metal trough, presumably to be sold later for its meat.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Pentagon is hiring investment bankers to scout national security deals and marshal (presumably American) sources of capital to finance them.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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There was recognition by probably everyone at Davos, commercial and government, that quantum security is not just a nice to have.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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If fans had been told before Thursday's game that Texas A&M basketball would score 24 points less than its season average, many probably would have thought its trip to the NCAA Tournament would be brief.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Those athletes, likely at least in part sensing a physical vulnerability, such as a lack of strength, coordination or control, tend to move differently, even with simple tasks like walking or running.—
Ian McMahan,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Triolet said sports franchises will likely play cities off each other to get the best deal.—
Lilly Kersh,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Apparently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apparently. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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