as in seeming
to give the impression of being
she is an intelligent debater, but she can sometimes come off as arrogant
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Yet these easy luxuries have simultaneously raised the entitlement of citizens and their expectations of largesse from their underfunded, over-bureaucratized, overpromising governments, which are left seeming slow and inept.
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Some artists have eras, experimental phases, detours, creative dalliances; Arthur Russell’s career, for all its seeming contradictions—classical minimalism and lascivious disco, Zen Buddhist mantras and winsome country pop—was a continuum.
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Keeping your hair looking and feeling shiny can be challenging, but not with this hair kit.
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Investigators are looking into the shooting, and police said the identity of the victim is being withheld until next of kin is notified.
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For some, chalance has become bigger than just dating, with people striving to bring more enthusiasm and feeling into all areas of their lives, too.
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There’s a security in feeling that his pregame swing work will translate into the game, rather than trying to make fixes in the middle of it.
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Pardon me for sounding like the Grinch, to mix my cartoon metaphors, but if a film critic doesn’t take the Toy Story series seriously, who will?
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For years, physicians and legislators on both sides of the aisle have been sounding the alarm that the state doesn’t pay providers enough to treat patients with Medicaid coverage, thus decreasing access to care for those residents.
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“Coming off (as).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20off%20%28as%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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