- present tense form of appear (3rd person singular).
appears
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It appears as if some people are going about their daily business while a F1 race happens around them.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
A repeat of the eurozone debt crisis appears unlikely for now despite falling French government bond prices and rising yields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Video on social media appears to show Patterson rappelling from the arena’s rafters on a rope, and plummeting fast to the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
In his haunting comeback episode, a man in a "Daft Monk" Halloween costume - a play on music duo Daft Punk - appears to be accidentally killed over and over again by Springfield residents.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
A guy wearing paint-splattered clothes appears behind me, a cup of Starbucks in his hand.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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