semblance
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“If you strike some semblance of success, it’s easy to say, ‘I’ll just keep iterating on this until I die, because it could never happen again,’” said Hamilton.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
“The company is trying to erase any semblance of the way that it used to be,” the worker said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
Operation Epic Fury shares DNA with a lineage of similarly buzzy code names throughout military history, but generally speaking, they typically maintained some semblance of consultant-speak restraint.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026
When I asked the Vermont Independent what could be done to return to some semblance of normalcy, he seemed testy, waved his hands and said, “We’re doing the best we can.”
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026
They had been out for almost two weeks now, and no matter how awkward it might be to start classes in the middle of September, they needed some semblance of routine.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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