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 As tech moguls go, Morgan seems to be more Dario Amodei than Sam Altman. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026 While scientists are known for their dedication to their research, crawling on the floor to avoid electrocution for the sake of a measurement seems a little excessive. — Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026 That, on top of a barrage of press from its cast (including, perhaps most notably, bonafide internet boyfriend Jack Innanen) seems to have worked. — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 And these days, nearly every coffee shop seems to have its own take. — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026 For those inexplicably hoping for ParaBros, Skydance seems a bit of a letdown, especially considering all the trouble Ellison went to. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 At least that seems to be the bet Meta and OpenAI are making amid all the AI doomerism talk, giving their new AI agents faces people might want to hug. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 The duo think they’re headed to the heavenly afterlife only to arrive at the office of the Devil (voiced by Culkin), who seems overwhelmed by his job. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026 That normalization seems to have now extended to the nominees and winners themselves. — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026

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However, each side holds that the Yemeni civil war has now entered a new phase from which neither side looks eager to extricate itself.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
For many of their classmates on campus and elsewhere around the country, the present looks bleak and the future uncertain at best.

— Jacqueline Ganun, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of looks

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At the Irish Rep, director Ciarán O’Reilly has brought O’Neill’s expressionist howl back for a swift, sturdy, smaller-scale revival that now feels unnervingly on-the-pulse.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
For the residents of Shelekhov, however, the official narrative of a routine pneumonia death feels completely disconnected from the sudden quarantine of 200 people.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of feels

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Maryland’s May 2026 law covers images, audio and video created or altered with AI or other digital tools to falsely depict a person in a way that looks or sounds genuine.

— Stefani Langehennig, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Though its name sounds generic, Privacy Manager has a very specific and limited function.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of sounds

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There is a lot of money in the market, but some of it appears to be receding and the number of commissions is coming down.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
And because of the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act passed earlier this year, the company appears to be on track to have taxpayers foot the bill.

— H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026

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