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Recent Examples of seem
Students at the Scottsdale campus seem to think so as well.
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Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
The focus of a recent faculty report seems to be more on measuring just how underprepared students are rather than examining what the campus can do to serve them.
—Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Here, books that can seem overwhelming—books of dreams, infinity, mysteries—turn out to be intensely accessible, offering so many different ways to read them and think with them.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
The two men continue with their energetic routine as the camera cuts to some fellow Bananas and Animals teammates who don’t seem to be feeling it.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2026
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Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
The focus of a recent faculty report seems to be more on measuring just how underprepared students are rather than examining what the campus can do to serve them.
—Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Here, books that can seem overwhelming—books of dreams, infinity, mysteries—turn out to be intensely accessible, offering so many different ways to read them and think with them.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
The two men continue with their energetic routine as the camera cuts to some fellow Bananas and Animals teammates who don’t seem to be feeling it.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seem
Verb
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Next, Leaphorn pops by the clinic looking for a gunshot victim.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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The reveal marks the first official look at what the company claims will be the world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid ute, developed with Australia as a key target market.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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Enter the backless loafer—the laidback, low effort update to a preppy classic that dominated the spring/summer runways and feels timely for warmer weather.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
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Now feels like the right time to finally let him off the leash.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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But Kennedy sounded a different tone.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Opened in 1881, Edinburgh’s oldest hotel comprises five Georgian townhouses built in the 18th century in the city’s somewhat-misleading-sounding New Town.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Despite his high profile, Dane appeared to try to wear his fame lightly.—
VICTORIA CRAW The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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Framed by a vaulted ceiling and two floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors that doubled as windows, features appeared in a parade of luxe natural materials—stone, linen, cotton, wood—in soothing neutral tones of cream and white, oatmeal and brown.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Seem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seem. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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