semblance
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Ramping up Middle East crude production alone is going to take three to four months, “just to return to any semblance of normal,” Lipow said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
It felt as if Newcastle had rediscovered a semblance of momentum in the final throes of a draining campaign after picking up seven points from a possible nine.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
The executive director of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, Mark Reeves, said in an interview, “Hopefully, we can hang on to what we got—some semblance of control and order.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
As a system of symbols with its own particular language, astrology can help some people make sense of emotions and events, bringing a semblance of structure to the apparent chaos of everyday life.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
According to the skeptics, Maya society was divided into a small number of blocs, each controlled by a dominant city, each striving to achieve some semblance of empire.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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