ostensible

Example Sentences

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Like that movie, “Remake” has an ostensible central subject that becomes a mere frame for his actual one.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fitzgerald Mosley will need the help of her ostensible supporters if she wants to say just that.

From Salon

This organization’s ostensible goal is to “promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict.”

From Salon

But notes of disillusion sound throughout this ostensible success story.

From The Wall Street Journal

All of the growth coming, as Russell notes, detention and deportation being shown to be ineffective at the administration’s ostensible goal of reducing crime.

From Salon