externally

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for externally
Adverb
  • Their outwardly tranquil and faithful domestic life exploded that winter.
    Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Besides Obama and Bill Clinton, former President George W. Bush, who has not been outwardly critical of Trump, will be at the swearing-in ceremony.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Christy Merrick, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Siri needs a facelift Apple has apparently been riding the do-nothing train for 14 years.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2025
  • But during Super Bowl LIX, and with President Donald Trump apparently planning to attend on Sunday, the NFL might be making another kind of statement on the Caesars Superdome field itself.
    Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • The reporters of our media are supposedly exhausted by the frenetic pace of Trump’s presidency.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2025
  • There is lots of other speculation, including, famously, by President Trump, who blamed the Federal Aviation Administration for supposedly hiring incompetents, under a diversity-equity-and-inclusion policy.
    Matthew L. Wald, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • Anderson was killed in a seemingly unrelated shooting in 1998.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Besides Cohen, Mel Brooks and Ron Howard pop in for seemingly unnecessary vocal cameos.
    Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • But Springer played sparingly when the Celtics had their entire core rotation available, and the team evidently determined the financial benefits of trading him outweighed his value as a depth/developmental piece.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Given that modest body of work, the signing is evidently a calculated gamble from United’s point of view.
    Jack Lang, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • The operation — which Trump turned into a temporary federal agency through an executive order — is ostensibly aimed at reducing federal bureaucracy.
    Kevin Collier, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Although Trump's tariff threat hinged ostensibly on concerns about drug trafficking, the delivery of the National Guard to the border will have undoubtedly satisfied his need to appear tough on immigration.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Externally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/externally. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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