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apparent

[uh-pair-uhnt, uh-par-] / əˈpɛər ənt, əˈpær- /




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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, however, swiftly described the incident as an apparent attack.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Indeed, the world now faces another apparent contradiction, or at least a historical irony.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

This apparent tension between doubt and faith may reinforce one of Serling’s most familiar and enigmatic lines: “There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control also announced a $11.6 million settlement with the bank over "apparent violations of numerous sanctions programs, including on Iran, Russia, narcotics, and global terrorism."

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

As Blackmon notes: “The apparent demise...of leasing prisoners seemed a harbinger of a new day. But the harsher reality of the South was that the new post-Civil War neoslavery was evolving—not disappearing.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander


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