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Recent Examples of evidently Ed Zwick’s father was quite the drinker, evidently the son not as much. John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Lorne Michaels promised big changes at Saturday Night Live ahead of season 51’s premiere, and the creator and executive producer was evidently not bluffing. Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025 That fantasy is evidently more valuable than life itself. Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025 The most popular stock right now is evidently Ulta Beauty , which landed another price target bump, this time courtesy of Canaccord. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for evidently
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Adverb
  • You guys are apparently playing one more concert.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Whatever the case might be, there’s clearly at least one contingent in King Charles’ inner circle, which apparently includes Prince William, that would love for this Harry meeting to be a one-and-done.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Never follow your boyfriend to college, especially a seemingly mediocre college, as Belly does with Jeremiah to the fictional Finch.
    Vogue, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And each year, the seemingly impossible becomes reality again.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The meeting was arranged at the last minute, in part because Harry was supposedly nervous about leaks, Griffiths also said.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These creations are supposedly already out in the wild.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • That action, even if ostensibly directed at Hamas, is likely to exacerbate tensions not only with Qatar but place increasing stress on the calculus allied Gulf Arab countries make in their dealings with Israel.
    David Mednicoff, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Comedian John Early’s directorial debut, ostensibly a pastiche of basic-cable TV movies, is not a parody, or a satire, or even a comedy.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • That probably caught Giants fans off guard, but inside the Colts’ building?
    Dianna Russini, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Those guys are minutes from each other, probably seeing each other on a weekly, daily basis.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Those leaders presumably enjoy expertise when deciding how to address safety concerns.
    Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Some point out that with the latest high-tech, such as eyeball scans, presumably people could be distinctly and suitably identified.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Evidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evidently. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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