visibly

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Recent Examples of visibly Amid the political deadlock, Democrats seem determined to close out the year as the party most visibly aligned against the NCAA. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025 In August, Ben-Gvir released a video of himself berating a visibly frail Barghouti in his cell. Karl Vick, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 Lozano has had an up-and-down season, limited to 22 starts (out of 34 MLS games) by nagging hamstring injuries, logging nine goals and 10 assists but growing visibly frustrated on the field with incessant fouling by opponents and tactical congestion. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025 In the video, which was captured earlier this month, the children were seen with their schoolbags moving around the porch, with several appearing visibly shaken. Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025 To thank is peony root extract, which visibly improves dullness and uneven tone, and the powder’s color-correcting pigments. Deanna Pai, Allure, 23 Oct. 2025 This conflict intensified during the Battle Royal when Jey eliminated Jimmy, leaving Jimmy visibly angry. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 Necas was visibly frustrated a few times. Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025 Fernandez blurted out, visibly shaken. Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visibly
Adverb
  • Two city commissioners were more outwardly supportive of the measure.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The film represents a striking departure for Fan, who has built a career playing bold, outwardly powerful characters in everything from historical epics to intimate dramas.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Generally, what happens to the White House’s trash is secret—at least as of 2018, which was apparently the last time the federal government released any information on where Oval Office garbage goes.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The Lollapalooza show, the group says, was apparently manifested by the guitarist Parkinson.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • As Monaco ramped up the second-half pressure, with Spurs seemingly having no answer for the pace and fervour with which the Ligue 1 side attacked Frank’s defence from all angles, Netherlands international Teze looked set to break the deadlock.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Citing climate change concerns and the melting ice sheet, Greenland implemented a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in 2021—seemingly bringing all oil dreams to an end—but the government agreed that White Flame’s licenses were grandfathered and remained valid.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • American leaders should not hesitate to rein in Taiwan’s evidently reckless leader, perhaps with a private warning.
    Lyle Goldstein, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Since the skirt was so evidently the outfit's statement piece, Biles simply paired it with a form-fitting, white long sleeve and white, knee-high boots.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • While little has changed externally, the stately 19th-century building, which was a former hotel and department store, has undergone a radical redesign within.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This is a year of work and construction both externally and internally.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Among the 65 submissions was one that detailed the discovery of a 1930s-era oil can from Fresno that was supposedly uncovered at SDSU during an on-campus building project.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • To break the encryption would mean finding a fast solution to these supposedly infeasible problems, an act that would overturn a foundational assumption of modern math.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • What ostensibly started as a war against the flow of the deadly opioid fentanyl has now ballooned into a far broader clash – spanning rare earths, American soybean exports, technology controls and China’s energy dealings with Russia.
    Jhasua Razo, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The subterfuge saw Colthurst ride his bicycle to Kensington Palace ostensibly to have tea with an old friend (the story was captured in the Netflix series The Crown).
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Louisville would probably look quite different if the founder of Brown-Forman never became the first whiskey maker to bottle and seal his liquor.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Sports betting is probably as old as sports itself.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Visibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visibly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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