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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Henderson also apparently shared a 51-page document before the shooting expressing violent white supremacist beliefs, sources said.
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Josh Margolin, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
The plaques that mark them are dotted everywhere, even in places like Ebenezer Hancock House, apparently the site of the United States’ oldest continually operating shoe store, which opened in 1798 and went out of business in 1968.
—Joe Minihane, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Donald Trump and Mike Pence Shake Hands During First Interaction in Nearly 4 Years
Pence also addressed his wife Karen, 68, apparently staring straight ahead and declining to acknowledge Trump and Melania in a seemingly tense moment that was caught on tape.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
In their five years of knowing each other, this is the first time that Johnny Mac has been invited over to Thadeus’s apartment—though that, apparently, had not been enough to move Thadeus’s housekeeping hand.
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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Josh Margolin, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
The plaques that mark them are dotted everywhere, even in places like Ebenezer Hancock House, apparently the site of the United States’ oldest continually operating shoe store, which opened in 1798 and went out of business in 1968.
—Joe Minihane, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Donald Trump and Mike Pence Shake Hands During First Interaction in Nearly 4 Years
Pence also addressed his wife Karen, 68, apparently staring straight ahead and declining to acknowledge Trump and Melania in a seemingly tense moment that was caught on tape.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
In their five years of knowing each other, this is the first time that Johnny Mac has been invited over to Thadeus’s apartment—though that, apparently, had not been enough to move Thadeus’s housekeeping hand.
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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Adverb
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Anderson was killed in a seemingly unrelated shooting in 1998.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Witnesses reported seeing the fire start under an Edison transmission tower in Eaton Canyon; video and photos also show the conflagration’s early moments seemingly under the electrical tower.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
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The national gloom stems from something deeper, specifically the torment of a supposedly cohering national story about opportunity that is encoded in culture, policy, and civic life.—
Adam Chandler,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
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Furthermore, the leak of over a billion records from supposedly ‘no-logs’ VPNs emphasize the vulnerabilities associated with inadequate privacy measures.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Those four are evidently Flick’s favourites, but Barca have a wealth of other options, not least Frenkie de Jong.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Editor’s picks The World War II wordplay was evidently a bridge too far for Greenblatt after the ADL had gone to bat for Musk in a statement on the inauguration salute that was widely seen as an abdication of the nonprofit’s exact purpose.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
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Last season, Pressly struggled to adapt to a setup role behind Hader and, ostensibly, would prefer to close games.—
Sahadev Sharma,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Her story is mostly wrapped by the finale, but there is one scene of mother and daughter learning that they’ve been granted asylum and accepting an ostensibly paltry check for their troubles.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The new role suggests that he will be focused on turning major events (presumably including the 2027 Super Bowl, which will be held in Los Angeles) into opportunities for the company to capitalize on, rather than a drag.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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Bolton was the target of a murder plot by a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 2022 — presumably out of retribution for Soleimani's death.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The point is, as Knoblauch insinuated, McDavid probably wouldn’t have felt the need to carry out some sort of vigilante justice if either referee — Wes McCauley or Chris Lee — raised an arm to penalize Garland for what transpired beforehand.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Detectives working on the case eventually concluded that all the scam calls were probably coming from one person as the events and methods of operation were almost identical each time.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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With a big crowd, the film will likely play quite well, laughs and gasps aplenty.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
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On Thursday, investors will likely be tuning in to President Donald Trump’s keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
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