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Recent Examples of manifestly
The reality is, that is not manifestly true.
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Lee Cowan, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Many people pointed out how beautiful Jess is, how manifestly attractive, how good, how fun, how kind.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
This paternalistic screening is manifestly also a form of censorship, for censors are censors whether their motivations are noble or base.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Overall in tennis, including the four majors, prize money amounts to only around a quarter of the revenues generated at the tournaments, which the PTPA argues is manifestly unfair — compared to about 50 percent in some leading team sports.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Calling them weak is manifestly true, but not great diplomacy.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Dec. 2025
This is most manifestly true for the Palestinian society in Gaza shattered by two years of war.
—Andrew P. Miller, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2025
The same framework also imposes a duty to refuse orders that are manifestly unlawful—the kind any person of ordinary understanding would recognize as criminal.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Ellen’s head is a manifestly miserable place to spend time even before she’s injured while working on The Baroness, a macabre occult film made by a gay Jewish man in the twilight of the Weimar Republic and rescued from the secret collection of a dead Nazi.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Lee Cowan, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Many people pointed out how beautiful Jess is, how manifestly attractive, how good, how fun, how kind.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
This paternalistic screening is manifestly also a form of censorship, for censors are censors whether their motivations are noble or base.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Overall in tennis, including the four majors, prize money amounts to only around a quarter of the revenues generated at the tournaments, which the PTPA argues is manifestly unfair — compared to about 50 percent in some leading team sports.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Calling them weak is manifestly true, but not great diplomacy.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Dec. 2025
This is most manifestly true for the Palestinian society in Gaza shattered by two years of war.
—Andrew P. Miller, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2025
The same framework also imposes a duty to refuse orders that are manifestly unlawful—the kind any person of ordinary understanding would recognize as criminal.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Ellen’s head is a manifestly miserable place to spend time even before she’s injured while working on The Baroness, a macabre occult film made by a gay Jewish man in the twilight of the Weimar Republic and rescued from the secret collection of a dead Nazi.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manifestly
Adverb
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In that instance, Russia is clearly where Xi is invested in the relationship.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Denver clearly knows the school well and will have seen a ton of him before even digging into this class, having fallen in love with Barron last year.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
23 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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One of the worst things that can happen to a young and evidently talented author is to be lauded too enthusiastically too soon.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Greenberg evidently leaned on his professional experience as a veteran producer and problem-solver and leapt into action rather that crumbling under his emotions.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Now, there is obviously another major difference between Chelsea’s past and the current era.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Winning is obviously much more fun than losing, but losing is part of it.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Any suggestion that employees are only evaluated based on the volume of loads brokered is patently false.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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That’s patently unfair, because Miami has experienced far more success in recent years, including the two Finals appearances this decade, while the Bulls have languished in irrelevance for years.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But in discharging this function, poets are in danger of slighting another imperative, namely, to redress poetry as poetry, to set it up as its own category, an eminence established and a pressure exercised by distinctly linguistic means.—
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Performance meets precision Inside, the cabin is distinctly Audi.—
Chris Jackson,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Brown said it plainly afterward, pointing to the numbers that showed where the Knicks lost control.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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And plainly put, Eddie is one of the greatest.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But aside from Ballard’s murky future, Indy’s roster moves this offseason haven’t felt as palpably urgent as Irsay-Gordon suggested.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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As a beautiful, palpably anxious bride, Camila Morrone’s Rachel, walks down the aisle to her adoring groom, Nicky (Adam DiMarco), the sound of labored breathing nearly drowns out the music.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The writings sent to family members apparently did not specifically mention the White House Correspondents' Dinner.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Two protesters briefly took over a small red carpet where guests were lined up to take professional photos; Times reporters saw a third woman dressed in a formal gown and shouting protest slogans being escorted out by security guards after apparently having entered the event.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Manifestly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manifestly. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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