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Recent Examples of seemingly This is seemingly a message to the people who are doubting him. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025 Why were so many people, at so many levels, seemingly unwilling to address the danger these children were in? Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025 Through the years, other rare seemingly unrelated health problems arose. R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 12 July 2025 Musk and Bannon’s swipes at each other come amid the renewal of the tech mogul’s feud with Trump, which shattered their relationship last month before seemingly cooling down. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for seemingly
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Adverb
  • In the first three cases, federal prosecutors charged the men who were apparently posing as medical patients in the backs of the ambulances, alleging each was a Mexican citizen who had previously been deported and was using a false identification card.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
  • Inviting Cooper to join Superman was apparently a low-key affair, as Gunn recalled on Jake’s Takes.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 11 July 2025
Adverb
  • What the Oura tracks The Gen 3 and Gen 4 Oura Rings track the same core metrics—the Gen 4 just offers a sleeker design, longer battery life, and (supposedly) improved sensor accuracy and overall functionality.
    Malia Griggs, Glamour, 8 July 2025
  • This year’s tournament in south-west London has seen other uses of the supposedly dark arts.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Adverb
  • Ten years ago, the women’s wrestling evolution ostensibly began, when Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, and Sasha Banks made their debuts on WWE’s flagship program Raw.
    Scarlett Harris, Time, 12 July 2025
  • This benefit is ostensibly in place to improve employee morale and well-being.
    Karen Tan, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
Adverb
  • Those are no doubt All-Star caliber numbers to most, but evidently not good for the folks that make the decisions on All-Star Game replacements.
    Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
  • The veteran actor played NYPD Commissioner - and Danny's father - Frank Reagan, but the team behind Boston Blue evidently wanted to explore the younger branches of the Reagan family tree.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 10 July 2025
Adverb
  • Every mistake is probably magnified with a ball — and guys on base — getting barreled somewhere.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2025
  • Early autos were probably targeted by horse and carriage people.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
Adverb
  • Soon, the arrival of an old friend and familiar jeopardy force Dexter to head down to New York City himself, presumably seeking Harrison.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
  • This fact alone tells us that interstellar objects were being produced relatively early in the lifetime of the galaxy, presumably along with exoplanetary systems.
    Darryl Seligman, Space.com, 10 July 2025

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“Seemingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seemingly. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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