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The obverse statement is nearly always followed by a repetition of what the thing is.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTER
A fourth method of building up a paragraph from a topic-sentence consists in telling what it is not; that is, giving the obverse.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTER
On the reverse I made out a coat of arms, almost obliterated; but the obverse was clearer.
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELL
O good French language, cunning and good, that lets me read the sentence in obverse or converse as I will!
THE RHYTHM OF LIFEALICE MEYNELL
The obverse side of the law of increasing returns is also of great importance.
RAILROADS: RATES AND REGULATIONSWILLIAM Z. RIPLEY
It is, we think, the obverse of the Medal, with bronzed circular frame work bearing the motto suggested by Sir Walter.
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION, VOL. 20, NO. 581, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1832VARIOUS
But on Broadway on a late summer afternoon the obverse is true.
ATLANTIC CLASSICSVARIOUS
It has an obverse and a reverse side, but it is always the same medal.
THE RECOLLECTIONS OF ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
The obverse has a view of Montreal; the reverse plain, with the name and tribe of the Indians engraved.
MONTREAL 1535-1914 UNDER THE FRENCH RGIMEWILLIAM HENRY ATHERTON
Every bodily movement visible to the ordinary eye is only the obverse aspect of many molecular motions, not as yet visible to man.
THE GOSPEL OF EVOLUTIONEDWARD AVELING
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO OBVERSE

  • areas
  • coverings
  • covers
  • expanses
  • exteriorities
  • exteriors
  • externalities
  • facades
  • faces
  • facets
  • façades
  • levels
  • obverses
  • outsides
  • peels
  • peripheries
  • planes
  • rinds
  • sides
  • skins
  • stretches
  • superficialities
  • superficies
  • tops
  • veneers
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