palpably

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Recent Examples of palpably Second, because the American backers of this strategy are so palpably indifferent to democracy themselves. Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025 Though the 1948 British drama of the same name may be the most famous iteration, this twisted modern take is palpably tense and absolutely worth your time. Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025 In an age in which so much of society has shifted to the digital landscape for everything from work to hobbies and beyond, gardening keeps you both physically active and palpably engaged with the external world. William Jones, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025 His rapport with Afonu palpably carries through the film’s narrative. Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025 But she was written as palpably different from Marge, as was Season Three’s police chief Gloria Burgle. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025 Although Clooney’s absence was palpably felt, Baumbach and Jay Kelly‘s other stars, including Sandler, Laura Dern and Mortimer, were nonetheless on hand in Venice to discuss the creation of the film. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025 All of the above, plus Ross’ living sister, are gently roasted in the show, but also palpably loved,. Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palpably
Adverb
  • Coffee has become markedly more expensive over the past year as poor harvests and higher import duties have helped push the cost of retail coffee 41% higher since September 2024 alone.
    Mike Winters, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But the number of people who rely on Affordable Care Act health insurance has increased markedly since before the pandemic.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Sheinbaum quickly moves away and visibly flinches as the man attempts to put his arm around her.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Bovino appears to be arguing with a man standing near Muñoz who says something that visibly upsets the chief.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Affordability is clearly the most significant political theme running through both local and national politics today.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Johnson, who was also posting memes in reaction to the news of Gardner and Williams being traded, was clearly devastated to see his teammates and friends leave the Jets.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • In The Silk Lakehouse, for instance, a 68-room hotel that is noticeably smaller than the standard Shangri-La property, the hospitality chain sought to focus more on well-being and interaction with nature.
    Bambina Wise, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The issue was reminiscent of a major flaw in the optics of Webb's predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, which was shown to be noticeably near-sighted after reaching orbit in 1990.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Chromakopia finds Tyler, the Creator grappling with the realities of adulthood, and takes on a distinctly narrative approach.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In a similar vein, Japanese media startups and companies might express a desire to expand overseas, but their content continues to be local focused, with less thought and effort devoted to translating distinctly Japanese content to be easily consumed by international audiences.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • Defense lawyers did not call any witnesses and said that the core of the case, military statements taken over 50 years ago, were manifestly unreliable, with no independent supporting evidence offered to back the prosecution case.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Not surprisingly, the younger newcomers don’t display quite the same flair yet, but there’s obviously room to grow with a fourth film in the series already announced.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
  • And obviously, if they're geographically dispersed, that's better.
    NPR, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • The ending in del Toro’s Frankenstein is evidently one of bittersweet hope.
    Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Now, the 30-year-old lefty will hope some other team out there sees him as more of a roster hopeful than the Orioles evidently did.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Palpably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpably. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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