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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This lifts an overhang from a deeply out-of-favor and cheap-seeming group.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025 -
Despite always seeming to be hungry, Clark said Sanaa was a kind, sociable and curious little girl.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Customers looking for suggested dates for military or international addresses should visit the USPS holiday shipping page.—
Michelle Del Rey,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Oct. 2025
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Investigators from the Hamilton County Coroner's Office are looking for relatives or friends of a Walnut Hills man who died.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Oct. 2025
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Wentland attended both of Alverno’s information sessions about the sale but left feeling her concerns weren’t addressed.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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That included not playing in both sets of a back-to-back and taking some other games off, depending on how his body was feeling or what the schedule looked like.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Of course, writing critically about AI without sounding alarmist is difficult.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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Huang isn’t the only CEO sounding the alarm about a looming shortage of skilled trades.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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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 8 Oct. 2025.
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