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Recent Examples of visibly
The defense attorney's opening remarks were disrupted as Pino continued to visibly react, and the jurors left the courtroom, with opening statements resuming the following day.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 June 2026
Other videos show visibly terrified students streaming out of the school campus, some holding and embracing each other.
—CBS News, 22 June 2026
That registration happens quickly, and seeing a visibly fit leader helps establish an aspirational, high-performing culture.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Dalton Rushing, hitless and visibly frustrated most of the game, delivered a run-scoring single in the ninth inning to help lift the Dodgers to a 6-5 walk-off win.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator or professional if the babies are visibly injured, covered in flies, crying continuously for many hours, found next to a deceased mother, or remain unattended for an extended period without any sign of the adult returning.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 20 June 2026
Players were visibly disconsolate afterward, the sign of a team that expects to win every day.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
None of the scans was visibly skewed.
—David English, PC Magazine, 20 June 2026
Some stopped to peer down and snap pictures of the water itself — including sections of paint that had visibly peeled off — while others were more focused on getting a photo of the Washington Monument in the background.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 June 2026
Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 June 2026
Other videos show visibly terrified students streaming out of the school campus, some holding and embracing each other.
—CBS News, 22 June 2026
That registration happens quickly, and seeing a visibly fit leader helps establish an aspirational, high-performing culture.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Dalton Rushing, hitless and visibly frustrated most of the game, delivered a run-scoring single in the ninth inning to help lift the Dodgers to a 6-5 walk-off win.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator or professional if the babies are visibly injured, covered in flies, crying continuously for many hours, found next to a deceased mother, or remain unattended for an extended period without any sign of the adult returning.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 20 June 2026
Players were visibly disconsolate afterward, the sign of a team that expects to win every day.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
None of the scans was visibly skewed.
—David English, PC Magazine, 20 June 2026
Some stopped to peer down and snap pictures of the water itself — including sections of paint that had visibly peeled off — while others were more focused on getting a photo of the Washington Monument in the background.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visibly
Adverb
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His dad, Rick Brunson, a former player who now works as a Knicks assistant coach, seemed markedly more excited, at least outwardly, to be there.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
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Other candidates, Othman said, were not as outwardly against Israel’s war with Hamas.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
Adverb
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The district continues to face ongoing challenges from declining enrollment and chronic absenteeism — both apparently exacerbated by federal deportation threats, according to some experts.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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When security turns them away at the gate, some fans are stashing their bags nearby — apparently planning to grab them later — and that’s creating a real headache for law enforcement, according to The Star.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
21 June 2026
Adverb
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That pace has seemingly left lawmakers attempting to put in guardrails fighting a losing battle.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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When Lucerys refuses, Aemond chases Lucerys on his dragon, seemingly meaning to injure him rather than kill him, but his dragon, Vhagar, delivers a fatal blow to Rhaenyra’s son.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Adverb
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But those struggles evidently haven’t been enough to push Scherzer into retirement and the team seems to be sticking with him as well.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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More importantly, Suzuka marked both the end and beginning of a chapter for the young team, which evidently had a lot of work to do before heading to the United States.—
Jerry Perez,
The Drive,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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Novo Nordisk identified a security incident in which certain information, including patient data from some clinical trials, was copied externally without authorization from its internal IT systems, Reuters notes.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
12 June 2026
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That ratio of self-detected versus externally notified compromise is the most honest grade on whether your security program is a real intelligence function or an alert pile nobody reads.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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Or means that any comments are supposedly hypocritical.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
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But leaders at United Auto Workers (UAW), the primary US union for autoworkers, reacted with anger to the new robotic presence, given how GM has not yet called back any of the workers affected by supposedly temporary layoffs in March.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026
Adverb
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But there’s a way to do that, ostensibly to cover surprise costs, and its use recently has exploded.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
21 June 2026
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Some non-citizens with work permits are being locked out of jobs that require minimal background checks, ostensibly on the grounds of public safety.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
Adverb
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And that probably includes the windows, too.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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If Claire wasn’t running in this, probably, like, sure, fine.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Visibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visibly. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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