as in seemingly
to all outward appearances
he stops by his old office periodically, ostensively just to say "hi"
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Adverb
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What Perez, above, won’t countenance, seemingly, is ownership of the entire club passing into private hands, like City or PSG.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Today’s announcement that a group of investors led by BlackRock has agreed to buy Aligned Data Centers in a $40 billion deal underscores the seemingly unstoppable flow of money into AI data centers—and comes as its CEO, Larry Fink, pushes back on AI bubble fears.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Swift reportedly spends much of her downtime baking and creating loaves to share with friends, family, and, apparently, late-night hosts.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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The shock came not just from the announcement itself but from the secrecy surrounding Jane’s relationship — apparently, no one in the family, not even their parents, had known about Aaron.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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The country’s leaders, ostensibly engineers, got their calculations disastrously wrong and built too much of everything, including high-speed rail.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Republican who ostensibly champions liberty but justifies authoritarian impulses from the White House.—
John H Bolthouse,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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An initial headline-grabbing allegation has to do with why Sean Preston and Jayden James were supposedly wary of being around their mother.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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With many scrambling for any information regarding the late crooner’s private cancer battle, a false statement surfaced that was supposedly from Archer.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Tellingly, Yu’s other pup kept a distance throughout, evidently aware that whatever Lily was up to was ill-advised.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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Pay-per-view will dominate British television coverage of football Pay-per-view television was all the rage at the turn of the century, and was evidently proving successful in boxing.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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At a missile-defense base in Fort Greely, Alaska, Major Daniel Gonzalez (Anthony Ramos) steps outside for a tense phone call, presumably with his significant other.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Fans also get a look at the two, presumably backstage, sharing a laugh.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Ostensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostensively. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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