1
as in showed
to come into view
a police car appeared just as I ran a red light
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2
as in seemed
to give the impression of being
it appears that he doesn't hear you
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as in began
to come into existence
the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately
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as in arrived
to get to a destination
a friend who daily manages to appear at our door just as dinner is being served
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Recent Examples of appeared
When the chimps finally relented, Basie was escorted back home by an over 50-year-old male chimp named BF, who had appeared to be close with Basie over the years.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
An initial proposal that appeared before the Glenview Development Commission last year called for three buildings on the site.
—Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Rookie center Dominic James, who appeared to re-injure his right leg, an issue that shelved him for nearly seven weeks, early in Game 1, was a full participant in practice.
—Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
The Pitch Perfect star appeared at a Sydney court on Monday to defend a defamation lawsuit from Charlotte MacInnes, who was also present at the hearing, which is being streamed on YouTube and is expected to last nine days.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
Punk appeared helpless as Reigns picked him up.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Slavoj Žižek and Norman Finkelstein have appeared for OR Books.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
Brigadier General Majid Mousavi, commander of the Aerospace Force of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, posted a video online Sunday showing him at what appeared to be an underground manufacturing facility, with what looked like missiles being assembled.
—April 20, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Colbert said, as images of the president sitting and looking uncomfortable appeared onscreen.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Apr. 2026
Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
An initial proposal that appeared before the Glenview Development Commission last year called for three buildings on the site.
—Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Rookie center Dominic James, who appeared to re-injure his right leg, an issue that shelved him for nearly seven weeks, early in Game 1, was a full participant in practice.
—Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
The Pitch Perfect star appeared at a Sydney court on Monday to defend a defamation lawsuit from Charlotte MacInnes, who was also present at the hearing, which is being streamed on YouTube and is expected to last nine days.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
Punk appeared helpless as Reigns picked him up.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Slavoj Žižek and Norman Finkelstein have appeared for OR Books.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
Brigadier General Majid Mousavi, commander of the Aerospace Force of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, posted a video online Sunday showing him at what appeared to be an underground manufacturing facility, with what looked like missiles being assembled.
—April 20, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Colbert said, as images of the president sitting and looking uncomfortable appeared onscreen.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appeared
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The county’s child welfare agency had been involved with Jaxon since birth, according to his father, who said the boy he was born nearly eight weeks prematurely and showed signs of fetal alcohol syndrome.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
20 Apr. 2026
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No 1 — this time last year, there was still a debate between her and Mary Earps — showed her class with an acrobatic save to deny Spain an equaliser in stoppage time and was then absolutely sensational in the second half against Iceland.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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As of now, Imam has no plans to create a think tank or a second campus, even though those had seemed like good ideas when applying for the grant.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The big story Last December, when Amazon pledged a massive $35 billion investment in India including for digitizing over 12 million small businesses and enhancing logistical infrastructure, the scale of the commitment seemed disproportionate to the market’s size.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2026
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Across forty-five years, my course began that way.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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No tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz today, according to tracking data, making Sunday one of the quietest days in the waterway since the conflict began.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2026
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By the second week of April, the musician had seemingly recovered and arrived in Atlanta on April 14 for a performance at the Fox Theatre.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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Not long after Fernández arrived, Brooklyn traded Mikal Bridges for a Knicks haul and re-acquired its 2025 and 2026 first-round picks from the Houston Rockets.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Some passengers took to social media, describing long delays, limited updates and worsening conditions onboard as the situation unfolded.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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What Elliot’s Story Is Really Showing Us Months later, the sanctuary reflected on everything that had unfolded.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
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Counsell thought Suzuki’s at-bats looked good from the onset of Tuesday’s game and felt the swings in his first at-bat were a great sign.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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Every few minutes, the quiet of a muggy spring evening in the Park Glen neighborhood in far north Fort Worth was broken by the clanging of pots, pans, air horns, and other noisemakers as residents looked skyward at unwanted guests.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2026
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Power-play push The Lightning started the game 0 for 3 on the power play, running their woeful man-advantage run to 1 for 35 over the past 12 games.—
Eduardo Encina,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Clinton has only started two WSL games and missed this camp through injury.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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