as in apparently
to all outward appearances
she was evidently dissatisfied with her job and abruptly quit
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There had been reports that Saudi Arabia were interested in starting its own T20 franchise league - which would tackle head on the money-spinning IPL - but authorities have evidently wisely decided against that and instead focused on investment.
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Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
This past summer, news reports about a hacking of the e-mail accounts of Roger Stone, a former Trump adviser, evidently prompted prosecutors in Washington, D.C., to file an indictment against three Iranians.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Most evidently, the endings of each film have become their defining feature, recontextualizing the series of events that came before, albeit in completely different ways.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024
There were hundreds of witnesses — but alas for the world, evidently no TV news cameras, which would never happen now, in the age of cellphone videography.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
This past summer, news reports about a hacking of the e-mail accounts of Roger Stone, a former Trump adviser, evidently prompted prosecutors in Washington, D.C., to file an indictment against three Iranians.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Most evidently, the endings of each film have become their defining feature, recontextualizing the series of events that came before, albeit in completely different ways.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024
There were hundreds of witnesses — but alas for the world, evidently no TV news cameras, which would never happen now, in the age of cellphone videography.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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Novak Djokovic will skip the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy and apparently look forward to 2025.Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Dressed in a stunning white gown, the bride was filmed seated in the corner of the room, apparently unfazed, casually munching on a snack and keeping herself cool with a handheld electric fan.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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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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Wisconsin polling locations received non-credible bomb threats on Tuesday that seemingly originated from Russian email domains, Caroline Clancy, public affairs officer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Milwaukee, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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Ives’s legendary status initially rested on his reputation as a maverick pioneer who supposedly had beaten Schoenberg in the race to the atonal pole.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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More great reads Ali: The election is supposedly about women’s issues.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 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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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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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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The Raiders have cleaned house in terms of their offensive coaching staff, and Turner will now advise that staff presumably.James Brizuela, Newsweek, 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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“Evidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evidently. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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