ostensible

Example Sentences

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It's not even clear whether the new board did anything to enforce or police those rules, other than share them with media to promote the event and the ostensible reforms behind it.

From Salon

“Their ostensible position of neutrality is, to put it charitably, harder and harder to believe,” the U.S. official said.

From Washington Post

The ostensible reason was that I didn’t “mesh” well with the team.

From New York Times

If all this makes DeSantis’ ostensible fight against discrimination and “woke” corporations, whatever that means, appear to be just a pose, no kidding.

From Los Angeles Times

But there are many forms of complicity, and one of the strengths of “No Bears” is that it refuses to let anyone, even its ostensible hero, off the hook.

From Los Angeles Times