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appear

[uh-peer] / əˈpɪər /


VERB
be obvious, clear
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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Both companies appear set to follow Musk's SpaceX to Wall Street.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

We found these grooves also appear naturally in wild primates, with little support for tooth-picking as the cause.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

"Unfortunately, it does not appear possible to fully satisfy the demand for fuel at the current moment," the Kremlin-appointed regional head, Sergei Aksyonov, admitted on 5 June.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Other data appear to back up these trends.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

She has scars from her longtime battle with skin lesions, but the new sores don’t appear as fast or as furiously as they had in the past.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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