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semblance

[sem-bluhns] / ˈsɛm bləns /


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For all their technical acumen, the hum and whir of life remains absent in their work, which merely mimics the semblances of behavior they’ve observed from other films.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

I was just me and got back semblances of what I was.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024

In the meantime, Shelby strives for semblances of familiarity amid social distancing.

From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2020

Dahl and Bloch saw taxidermies as semblances of lost beloveds.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 21, 2019

It didn’t entirely disappear, but it gradually submerged, as semblances of order returned and our pattern of life assumed its new design.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston




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