ostensible

Example Sentences

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It's not even clear whether the new board did anything to enforce or police those rules, other than share them with media to promote the event and the ostensible reforms behind it.

From Salon

“Their ostensible position of neutrality is, to put it charitably, harder and harder to believe,” the U.S. official said.

From Washington Post

The ostensible source: personal loans made to three of his adult children.

From New York Times

The ostensible purpose is to block China from dominating the green energy market, but longtime U.S. allies — European nations prominent among them — stand to be disadvantaged, too.

From Washington Post

The cover for this viciousness lies in the ostensible belief that it was a lopsided deal, as the U.S. released an arms dealer named Viktor "Merchant of Death" Bout in exchange for Griner.

From Salon