ostensibly
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The officials are ostensibly questioning Weist, but they are also, in a sense, questioning their own categories.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to ostensibly form a joint effort in arresting the yen’s slide.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
Duncan insisted that Consumers’ Research did nothing to change or alter this area of the law, because it involved an arrangement that ostensibly gave a federal agency more oversight than the FTC has here.
From Slate • Jun. 12, 2026
He was in Orlando, ostensibly listening to Roger Goodell, in his capacity as the owner of the Los Angeles Rams.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
As he neared the Hickock farm, he stopped at several neighboring homesteads, ostensibly to ask directions, actually to make inquiries concerning the suspect.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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