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as in to show
to come into view
a police car appeared just as I ran a red light
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as in to begin
to come into existence
the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately
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as in to arrive
to get to a destination
a friend who daily manages to appear at our door just as dinner is being served
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Recent Examples of appear
In her reasoning for opposing the spending measure, known as a continuing resolution, Delaney appeared to conflate it with a separate budget process known as reconciliation, in which House Republicans have proposed steep cuts to Medicaid.
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Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Mar. 2025
Her writing has appeared in Vogue, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, W, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, WSJ, and System among others.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
The downside, warn many of the officials who appear in Disclosure, is that keeping this information secret and compartmentalized within the government and the military industrial complex could result in an intelligence failure exponentially worse than what happened with 9/11.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
That appeared to have been the start of a wider onslaught by Assad loyalists, who launched coordinated attacks on government positions in the country’s northwest, killing and imprisoning members of the security forces.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
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Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Mar. 2025
Her writing has appeared in Vogue, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, W, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, WSJ, and System among others.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
The downside, warn many of the officials who appear in Disclosure, is that keeping this information secret and compartmentalized within the government and the military industrial complex could result in an intelligence failure exponentially worse than what happened with 9/11.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
That appeared to have been the start of a wider onslaught by Assad loyalists, who launched coordinated attacks on government positions in the country’s northwest, killing and imprisoning members of the security forces.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appear
Verb
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An image that circulated showed Grondeau on a private jet flying home.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Before examining the film to show what went wrong, UCLA starts every practice with everything that went right.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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The bulk of any 'savings' seems to come from cutting approximately 300,000 W-2 government employees.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Even this number seems aspirational should Vulcan not fly its initial mission before this summer.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
26 Mar. 2025
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Desir had won 24 consecutive matches to begin the season.—
Alex Kushel,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2025
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Ye’s hate train first began on Super Bowl LIX weekend, coincidentally the same weekend that Lamar was slated to perform during the Apple Music halftime show.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The creature who arrived third did not take the shortcut.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Titled The Vacation Edit, the collaboration arrives with an accompanying campaign featuring Culpo and her sisters, Aurora and Sophia, modeling bikinis, one-pieces, swim cover-ups and more resortwear pieces.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
26 Mar. 2025
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The shooting unfolded outside Latinas Sports Bar in a strip mall, Houston Police Department Assistant Chief James Skelton said during a news conference in front of the establishment, which was cordoned off with police tape.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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But the bloodshed that unfolded March 6-10 in Latakia and Tartous represents a frightening escalation.—
Chris Massaro,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Musk maintains that the company’s future remains bright A growing number of consumers who bought Tesla vehicles before Musk took over DOGE have been looking to sell or trade them in, while others have slapped on bumper stickers seeking to distance themselves from him.—
Michael Liedtke,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Fans have even more to look forward to as Shrek 5 is currently in development and set to be released in 2026 with the original voice cast plus a-lister Zendaya.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Spencer Torkelson, who was rumored to start the season at Triple-A, homered in the top of the seventh to draw Detroit within one run.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Nobody talks, nobody starts telling these kids at 12 and 13, respect.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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Many individuals feel too stressed or busy will avoid treating themselves, according to a study by Cornell SC Johnson College of Business published in the Journal of Consumer Research.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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For the polarizing defenseman, that has felt like three days at some times, and three years at others.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Appear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appear. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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