Thesaurus results for SEEMS

seems

verb

present tense third-person singular of seem

as in looks

to give the impression of being I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed

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Recent Examples of seems Joe Keery is making his Broadway debut in Other Desert Cities this fall, playing a character who at first seems like a smooth Hollywood talker, but ultimately just wants to keep his family together. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026 On its face, however, this inspirational message seems in sharp contrast to economic reality. — Masood Ahmed, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 These days, everything from your gym membership to knitting kits seems to have a monthly subscription attached to it. — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 Disturbingly, for now, there seems to be no consistently effective remedy to the situation. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 As election season draws to a close, Los Angeles is stuck in a housing market where no one seems to be winning. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Instead, the surrounding sky darkens, increasing the contrast until the pale daytime moon seems to switch on at dusk and grow increasingly brilliant. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026 But, surprisingly, what the internet seems more interested in discussing these days is which of those 2010s models did not make it to this year’s show. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026 Yet no official body seems to have been in charge of vetting them. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 10 Oct. 2026

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Their offense looks crisp, and the defense seems to be reliable.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
The further ahead the planner looks, the larger that sphere becomes.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of looks

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When the boy’s body turns up by a river, the wives’ sisterhood is split between doing what feels right and following their husband’s wishes and Islamic tradition.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
The coupling of violence with law and order is ever present in the agent’s recollections, but tonally, the show feels light.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of feels

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That global warming is diminishing them might sounds counterintuitive — climate change, after all, is worsening much of the world’s extreme weather.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
As someone who uses a lot of different phones, this all sounds handy.

— Allison Johnson, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of sounds

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The former weapon of mass destruction has been in hiding for some time, but a bounty hunter tracks him down and disrupts his quiet life before also discovering a young man who appears to be Vision’s son.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
In one scene, a padlock appears to lock without a key or even being properly closed.

— Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026

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