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Recent Examples of outwardly
Their outwardly tranquil and faithful domestic life exploded that winter.
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
Besides Obama and Bill Clinton, former President George W. Bush, who has not been outwardly critical of Trump, will be at the swearing-in ceremony.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
But the former president’s divisive politics meant the outwardly liberal-leaning fashion industry often kept his wife at arm’s length.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
All three men have either suggested Democrats have gone too far in promoting transgender rights or have outwardly stated men should not participate in women’s sports.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Jan. 2025
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
Besides Obama and Bill Clinton, former President George W. Bush, who has not been outwardly critical of Trump, will be at the swearing-in ceremony.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
But the former president’s divisive politics meant the outwardly liberal-leaning fashion industry often kept his wife at arm’s length.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
All three men have either suggested Democrats have gone too far in promoting transgender rights or have outwardly stated men should not participate in women’s sports.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
Adverb
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Ever feel like your hair seemingly thinned overnight?—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
9 Feb. 2025
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The proof theatrically is that the production is a rapt and riotous collective with a long list credits all seemingly on the same wildly unpredictable page.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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The versatile Chestnut, 56, leads with intellect, charm and six-pack abs as Dr. John Watson, the beloved colleague of the apparently deceased Sherlock Holmes, in CBS' modern series.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Miller’s apparently been leaning on his new teammate this spring.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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But Springer played sparingly when the Celtics had their entire core rotation available, and the team evidently determined the financial benefits of trading him outweighed his value as a depth/developmental piece.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2025
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Given that modest body of work, the signing is evidently a calculated gamble from United’s point of view.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Adames also stopped by the Arizona complex after signing his record-setting seven-year, $182 million contract, ostensibly to check out the Giants’ facilities and scope out houses in the Scottsdale area.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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While the premise is ostensibly a tour through the different eras of New York City, the real purpose was to tour the different eras of SNL casts through this big, brassy prism.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
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Brügger, who’s made a specialty of exposing corruption, human rights, and law-violating kingpins, sees an opportunity to question the myth of Denmark as the least corrupt country in the world, a welfare state supposedly built on trust.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Sociologists have been perplexed at the scale and stubbornness of the decline in fertility, which does not appear to be materially impacted by various governments' attempts to intervene with supposedly birth-inducing policies like tax credits.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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