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apparent

[uh-pair-uhnt, uh-par-] / əˈpɛər ənt, əˈpær- /




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Despite the government's apparent attempts to make concessions, the students show no sign of backing down.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

RBC analyst Logan Reich, in a note on Thursday, said the rationale behind a combined Starbucks-Chipotle “isn’t apparent to us given limited overlap between the businesses.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Gibney says he doesn’t believe Musk manipulated votes, but the sequence leaves open what, if anything, lay behind his apparent early certainty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

One apparent bias: Betting markets tend to overrate underdogs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

And in both instances, Jefferson managed to convince himself that these apparent contradictions were, well, merely apparent.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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