APPARENTNESS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

apparentness

noun

as in observability

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Noun

Our users didn’t care whether deployment pipelines were standardized, security controls were embedded or observability was built into the platform.

— Abhi Shimpi, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
That function matters for an aircraft built around low observability.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of observability

Noun

The seven-year framework gives Boeing greater visibility into future demand.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2026
Her movie was launching her into a new sphere of opportunity — and visibility — in Hollywood, and there, a few inches away, was arguably the most famous filmmaker in the world.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of visibility

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Call it transcendental, the character’s deepening sense of luminosity, the way his empathy heightens as his consciousness expands.

— David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
A matter of distance and brightness The stars that compose the Triangle — Vega, Altair, and Deneb — lie at very unequal distances from us, so their apparent brightness can give a misleading impression of their true luminosity.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of luminosity

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But critics of the system argue that the rise in disability and incapacity claimants owes more to broadening definitions of disability – and especially to an increase in people claiming benefits for mental health conditions.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
But do such experiences meet the narrow definition of attachment?

— Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of definition

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Though the Star of Bethlehem has sunk, yet its sacred effulgence beams forth periodically, again and again, and a universe is filled with joy in honor of the Great Redeemer.

— Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
One part shimmery smoky eye, one part unexpected pressing of pigment, Lopez's eyeshadow plotted with her luminous skin and swipe of pale pink lipgloss to exude effulgence.

— Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2018

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