- present tense form of appear (3rd person singular).
appears
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Twelve years later that decision appears to be vindicated, with recent research highlighting the prevalence in men.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
This vision of passive income has found a ready audience in an age of economic anxiety, when the traditional career ladder appears to be broken and the AI revolution looms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Video on social media appears to show Patterson rappelling from the arena’s rafters on a rope, and plummeting fast to the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
In his haunting comeback episode, a man in a "Daft Monk" Halloween costume - a play on music duo Daft Punk - appears to be accidentally killed over and over again by Springfield residents.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
But instead she blurted, “It appears you have been exercising.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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