as in apparently
to all outward appearances
she was evidently dissatisfied with her job and abruptly quit
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Recent Examples of evidently
But Wallace didn’t become the nominee and Tommasi evidently spent the money on trying and failing to secure the Peck Road property.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
But evidently it was decided that this arrangement was not sufficient to improve Nissan's electric vehicle portfolio.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
The next year, fish samplers netted the endangered Gila topminnow in the river, which had evidently washed downstream from refugia in Mexico or in Sonoita Creek.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
But the retailer evidently didn't emerge on solid enough financial footing.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
But evidently it was decided that this arrangement was not sufficient to improve Nissan's electric vehicle portfolio.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
The next year, fish samplers netted the endangered Gila topminnow in the river, which had evidently washed downstream from refugia in Mexico or in Sonoita Creek.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
But the retailer evidently didn't emerge on solid enough financial footing.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evidently
Adverb
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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
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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
Adverb
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Hours before announcing their split, Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell were seemingly enjoying a couples' getaway in London.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Scanning a new Wikipedia tab can feel like turning on a faucet, using a resource that has seemingly always been there and dispensed evenly, almost magically, from the Internet pipes.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
16 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Nevertheless, she’s missed the connection slated to take her farther west, over the mountains to a place called Crooks Springs, where her husband is supposedly living, but possibly not waiting.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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This 21-feet-high wire mesh art installation has an eerie vibe, reflecting the hundreds-year-old legend of a ghost schooner that’s supposedly been seen floating in the strait separating Nova Scotia from Prince Edward Island.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Their agreeing to interfere came right after Trump spoke by phone with Alito, ostensibly about an applicant for an agency general counsel position that had been an Alito clerk.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2025
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December ostensibly marked a return to a more stable labor market after Southeast hurricanes and worker strikes hammered employment totals in October, leading to higher-than-normal payroll gains the following month.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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After what was probably only mere seconds of bidding, Pringle secured the top bid at $7,000, which is worth about $57,000 today.—
Sara Pezzoni,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Jan. 2025
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But tariffs would probably weigh on retailers like Ms. Bettencourt, who carries 75,000 items in her store, ranging from lawn mowers, chain saws, paint and barbecue sauce, to tropical fish, live reptiles, cookware and baby Carhartt overalls.—
Ana Swanson,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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They were presumably circulated, handled and sometimes redeposited.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
11 Jan. 2025
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It was presumably dropped into the federal melting pot to become the first but unacknowledged coinage of California gold.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Evidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evidently. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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