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appear

[uh-peer] / əˈpɪər /


VERB
be obvious, clear
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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The samples appear genuine and include names, addresses, phone numbers, badge numbers, job titles and information about spouses.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Ali will appear in the suit for only two hours during the show’s first and last days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The change request instructs servicers to complete the task within 15 to 45 days, the suit alleges, and yet borrowers are still seeing the debt appear on their credit reports.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

When they can’t effectively capture patterns and nuance, models rely on general rules-of-thumb understanding, such as “cooked shrimp appear roughly circular and have banded striations,” Schossau said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Pebble, Sand, and Birch appear, and they tug, too.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Berkshire, which owns several homebuilders, appears to have taken advantage of Lennar’s depressed stock price.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The name says a lot: This group appears to see conversation itself as a threat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Your eyes don’t deceive you, he appears measurably improved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

That pattern appears when the 50-day moving average, a widely followed short-term trend tracker, crosses below the 200-DMA.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

It appears that every able-bodied man in the surrounding area has been summoned to the Temple of the Sun.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Days later, he saw what appeared to be a light and heard voices.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Suddenly an agent appeared out of nowhere, his voice by my ear, oddly friendly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He has appeared in the celebrity version of Bake Off on Channel 4 and presented BBC Three shows.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

But the death cross before that had appeared on Sept. 9, 2024, and prices bottomed a week later after just another 1.8% decline.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The door opened and a nurse appeared, supporting an old woman whose legs buckled as she limped down the steps.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

After appearing in BBC coverage she was contacted by the used car dealer, who told her that the refund was accepted.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

AI-generated food pictures are appearing on everything from takeout menus to deli displays, but turning heads for all the wrong reasons, Isabella Simonetti writes for the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The man had been charged, but was later released pending further inquiries without appearing in court.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Instead, Dart watched the second half from the sideline in street clothes, with video appearing to show him telling someone, “They wouldn’t let me come back out.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The household help repeatedly saw white veiled figures appearing and disappearing into two-month-old Ferdie’s nursery.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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