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Recent Examples of outwardly
Alford, perhaps given his years on television, appeared outwardly unperturbed and maintained a polished persona throughout the event, which seemed to anger the audience further.
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2025
This was a more outwardly liberal family from the West Coast, whereas the Ratcliffs are southern and conservative.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Many people assume that food insecurity rates peaked in 2020, when those facing hunger became more outwardly visible, Babineaux-Fontenot says, but the problem is now more pressing than ever.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
The decision to allow her daughter to socially transition—to present outwardly as a girl, and to adopt female pronouns—was made under the guidance of doctors.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2025
This was a more outwardly liberal family from the West Coast, whereas the Ratcliffs are southern and conservative.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Many people assume that food insecurity rates peaked in 2020, when those facing hunger became more outwardly visible, Babineaux-Fontenot says, but the problem is now more pressing than ever.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
The decision to allow her daughter to socially transition—to present outwardly as a girl, and to adopt female pronouns—was made under the guidance of doctors.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
Adverb
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Doncic was traded seemingly at the peak of his career, which made the trade even more shocking and inexplicable.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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The couple, however, continued to date on-and-off, seemingly resulting in the rekindling of their love.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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My specialty, emergency medicine, had apparently not been in high demand here since the start of the ceasefire.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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Much to his dismay, though, the Elimination Challenge is to create a tasting menu based on pickles — a food Tristen apparently loathes.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Illinois residents evidently are juicy targets, reporting more fraud per capita than residents of 40 other states, according to the FTC.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Long-Term Memory Recall The researchers found that the sleep group had an evidently higher performance in sequential memory than the wake group, even after 15 months.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Trump was ostensibly elected to bring down inflation.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Apr. 2025
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The hold was ostensibly put in place to allow time to review the permitting process.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
17 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The result is just tit-for-tat subversion and another blow to America’s supposedly nonpartisan system of justice.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Except that those same dollars are spent on labor and inputs necessary to produce whatever American good will supposedly be rendered more competitive by devaluation.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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