as in seemingly
to all outward appearances
apparently, the kids didn't know the cake was for the potluck, since they helped themselves to it
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The man fended off multiple attempts by the officers to grab his wrists and one attempt to put handcuffs on his right wrist before one of the officers started striking him, apparently with a closed fist, and then used a stun gun at least three times, the body camera video shows.
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Dennis Romero, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
There is a theory — deriving from the QAnon movement, apparently — that goes like this: President Obama and Vice President Biden conspired with Iran to fake the death of Osama bin Laden.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
And Taylor Swift used her platform to endorse Harris on Sept. 10, one day after a debate between presidential nominees Donald Trump, the former Republican president, and Harris, earning the respect of Kid Rock, apparently.
—Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2024
However, importantly, that doesn’t mean that the same techniques will not be used by other threat actors now that the methodology is out there and apparently fooling some victims.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Dennis Romero, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
There is a theory — deriving from the QAnon movement, apparently — that goes like this: President Obama and Vice President Biden conspired with Iran to fake the death of Osama bin Laden.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
And Taylor Swift used her platform to endorse Harris on Sept. 10, one day after a debate between presidential nominees Donald Trump, the former Republican president, and Harris, earning the respect of Kid Rock, apparently.
—Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2024
However, importantly, that doesn’t mean that the same techniques will not be used by other threat actors now that the methodology is out there and apparently fooling some victims.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apparently
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Heading into the second half of a season where seemingly nothing has gone right, the 49ers are doubling down.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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The project was daunting: the powerful steel company seemingly has strong influence in the area and has shown little interest in accommodating outsiders.Will Tizard, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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Scott, the old pro, knows how to give these scenes a vicious vitality that overcomes any thoughts about how the Romans supposedly got live sharks in the water.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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In a race supposedly too close to call, the surprise wasn't that Trump won, which was always an obvious possibility, but how quickly the results took shape — this was supposed to take days, remember.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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His good friend, director Sacha Gervasi, and podcast host Rich Roll evidently think so.Peter White, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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Some stations evidently weren’t happy about running the ad.Mia Sato, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
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But any law that would overturn the 2015 ruling would ostensibly overturn the 2013 ruling too.Kate Sosin, Them, 5 Nov. 2024
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The result would be reported numbers that were ostensibly compare across companies but really wouldn’t be due to different choices in how to measure a specific data item.Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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The page also featured a snap of a guy sitting in the audience at the reunion special, presumably Monica's new beau.Angel Saunders, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the last few days, the intelligence agencies have issued further public notifications that—presumably as part of the same scheme—Russia was behind bogus videos falsely depicting someone in Pennsylvania ripping up ballots and Haitians illegally voting in Georgia.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Loading your audio article Of all the overseas leaders avidly watching the U.S. election results, the two happiest were probably Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
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If these workers are deported, the food industry will probably have great difficulty replacing them.Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The margin in the next Congress will likely be even narrower than that.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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That will likely start with folks interfering with the counting of ballots.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Apparently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apparently. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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