as in seemingly
to all outward appearances
the lake's putatively pristine water is actually crawling with microorganisms that can wreak havoc with your gastrointestinal system
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Adverb
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The first is the fact that PC performance is horrible, and for many, seemingly getting worse over time with Capcom’s fixes failing or not coming fast enough, even months after release.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025 -
This realization reconfigures the entire book, recasting their ongoing dialogue and seemingly cordial relations as an interstellar jail—and the novel itself into an extended, especially cruel prison sentence.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
21 June 2025
Adverb
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Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Now, the second-guessing is all that's left for fans who did not want to see Devers shipped out of town at midseason, and Breslow apparently isn't above it.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
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However, despite the clear friction in the clubhouse, Devers was the face of the franchise and the last man standing from the 2018 World Series championship team, apparently leaving some Sox fans in dismay.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025
Adverb
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As unsettling truths begin to surface, Maya discovers her supposedly ordinary life might be an elaborate fabrication.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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Twain supposedly said that too, but then again, there are sites claiming that the legend of American literature didn’t say that either.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2025
Adverb
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Whether low-budget films or all-star productions, some American producers didn’t particularly care where their ostensibly Southeast Asian movies were set, as Knee notices.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
18 June 2025
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Iran clearly wants to de-escalate its hot war with Israel, which is now in its fifth day and ostensibly over a nuclear program Israel sees as an existential threat.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
17 June 2025
Adverb
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But songs have all kinds of meanings for people, and evidently this struck a chord.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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Cuesta, who is set to take up the reigns at Parma, is a gifted and popular member of staff — evidently talented enough to be offered a Serie A job while still in his twenties.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
Adverb
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The Wolves could, presumably, also offer the Suns an attractive trade package for a team that does not want to tear down and rebuild.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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Of course, should American politicians (foolishly) respond to a global oil crisis by restricting exports of domestic crude, U.S. oil prices would presumably drop below global prices, encouraging Canadian companies to export their oil elsewhere.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
Adverb
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And so, the search probably will continue before July 31.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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This is probably the best case scenario to calm things down.—
Natasha Turak,
CNBC,
24 June 2025
Adverb
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If your privacy practices have been less than perfect in the past—and whose have not, given the vanishingly tiny odds of evading every form of digital data collection—additional information about you from over the years is likely available from hundreds of data brokers.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
16 June 2025
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Israel likely believed that Iran couldn't withstand a major air assault at the moment, a fact that likely played a role in the timing of the current operation.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
16 June 2025
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“Putatively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putatively. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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