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appear to be

VERB
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STRONGEST
be real
WEAK


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For now, energy prices appear to be most clearly filtering through to transportation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“The decline does not appear to be the product of a formal government conservation campaign,” she added.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

At this moment, as the infrastructure build-out to support generative artificial intelligence is in full swing, emerging markets include some very important players, and some of them appear to be well-priced.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

“It appears Nithya will be in the runoff. Pratt doesn’t appear to be growing much more.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

To someone standing on a platform watching it pass, the train would appear to be only eighty yards long and everything on it would be similarly compressed.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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