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semblance

[sem-bluhns] / ˈsɛm bləns /


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When the slumming Ponce, who lives somewhere else and who picked up a semblance of education, tries to explain that all earthly agriculture is reliant on bees, he gets blowback.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

While any semblance of normal life has been shattered for some, it is tentatively resuming for others.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

On the court, the well-spoken, thoughtful Klugo sheds any semblance of the person who takes time to answer questions and lists off numbers about hearing loss.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

For some women, choosing to shave their hair before it falls out becomes a way of taking back a semblance of control in their life.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

It is the excess of snowball bushes that lends a semblance of green to every yard.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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