have the appearance
Example Sentences
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Above ground, Israel’s cities still have the appearance of normalcy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
“It does have the appearance of just Kamilla taking the fall for it,” Staley said Thursday.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2024
“They’ve kind of muddied the waters by publishing these things that have the appearance of a scientific argument,” Hamlin says.
From Scientific American • Mar. 10, 2023
There are butterfly species that have evolved to be invisible to predators until their wings open, and suddenly their backs have the appearance of watchful eyes peering out from the wilderness.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2022
The bacteria that live in the tissues of insects, like those incorporated into the mycetocytes of cockroaches and termites, have the appearance of specialized organs in their hosts.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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