on the surface
Example Sentences
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Powell led the central bank to cut last year despite divisions because of concerns the labor market might be more fragile than it appeared on the surface.
On the surface, vice signaling appears to be the opposite of virtue signaling, philosopher Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò recently wrote.
From Salon
On a rainy day last week, the green sea turtle pumped her limbs and stretched her beak up to chomp a lettuce leaf floating on the surface of a tank at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
From Los Angeles Times
A U.S. investor or consumer could be forgiven for barely feeling ripples on the surface of the global financial order recently.
On the surface, Tuesday’s reading looks like a red flag.
From Barron's
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