on the surface
Example Sentences
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On the surface, Valentine’s Day is about affection.
Everything is out on the surface.
From Los Angeles Times
On the surface this looks, as the saying goes, a "no brainer".
From BBC
"The most important thing to me has always been my family, but now I am able to give so much more of myself to it. Before I was living almost on the surface of it," he says.
From BBC
Their gold light lit up on the surface of the marble tiles.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.