ostensible
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Ostensible purpose of Banker Pierson's jaunt was to clean up some details of the $20,000,000 Brazilian steel loan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ostensible purpose of the trip was to see his daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren in Seattle, pick up first-hand impressions on how the Northwest felt about things in general and the New Deal in particular.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ostensible theme of his book is his skeptical wish to see that fountain again.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ostensible purpose: to test the constitutionality of the school-closing law in state courts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ostensible leadership, such as has been staged in this country from time to time, has turned out to be ostensible only.
From An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation by Veblen, Thorstein
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