ostensibly
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The rest ostensibly had children some other way, or chose not to have children at all.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Flock cameras are installed by police departments, homeowners' associations and businesses, ostensibly to catch criminals in the act.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
I occasionally see Waymos in New York—but with a person in the driver’s seat, ostensibly able to intervene while the system learns the city’s challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Despite being in charge of several enormous companies, Musk regularly wades into ostensibly local disputes, not just in Belfast but across Europe, apparently gleaning much of his knowledge from people he follows on X.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
As the meeting progressed—and grew heated—the attorney who previously had wanted to accept Holmes’s mortgage stepped out of Chamberlin’s office and entered the room where Holmes waited, ostensibly for a drink of water.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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