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semblance

[sem-bluhns] / ˈsɛm bləns /


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The Defense Department had validated that Anthropic had the industry’s best tech and its closest semblance to principles.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026

Maintaining a semblance of privacy is increasingly difficult in the age of social media, and how much we share with our unmarried partner about our financial affairs is on a need-to-know basis.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Called Queen by her neighbors, Judit struggles to support her family and find some semblance of happiness in Bäck, a rural Swedish village.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"The best-case scenario is to end this conflict as quickly as possible and restore some semblance of stability."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Her voice had brought him back from the dark; it had been the tether he gripped and used to drag himself back to some semblance of sanity.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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