ostensible
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The ostensible musical connection—OK, alibi—is the show’s use of a pop classic-to-be, the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Fitzgerald Mosley will need the help of her ostensible supporters if she wants to say just that.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
Behind the scenes, Pratt had already fallen hard for Montag, who’d been cast on “The Hills” as lead protagonist Lauren Conrad’s ostensible sidekick and peer at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
But notes of disillusion sound throughout this ostensible success story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
His ostensible reason, however, was to ask whether Mr. Woodhouse’s party could be made up in the evening without him, or whether he should be in the smallest degree necessary at Hartfield.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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