Thesaurus / superficial
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You might object that the approach creates only superficial mimicry — the way some alchemists claimed to have “made gold” by applying some surface treatment to another metal that induced chemical reactions to gave the metal a golden sheen.
ALCHEMY ARRIVES IN A BURST OF LIGHTPHILIP BALLSEPTEMBER 30, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEPopular critiques of millennials, in the mid-2000s and beyond, ranged from “They’re too entitled” to “Technology and social media are making them superficial.”
WHY SEX IS NO LONGER A TEEN COMMODITYJOSHUA EFERIGHESEPTEMBER 21, 2020OZYHe also suffered a superficial wound to his left thigh and a graze wound to his forehead.
PROSECUTORS CHARGE TEEN IN FATAL SHOOTING OF TWO PROTESTORS AND WOUNDING OF A THIRD IN KENOSHAKDUNN6AUGUST 28, 2020FORTUNEThe government could easily make superficial efforts to address public backlash against visible data collection without really touching the core of the Ministry of Public Security’s national operations, says Wang, of Human Rights Watch.
INSIDE CHINA’S UNEXPECTED QUEST TO PROTECT DATA PRIVACYTATE RYAN-MOSLEYAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW“They have a superficial understanding of the marketplace,” he added.
‘YOU NEED TO FIX THE ENTIRE LINE’: PUBLISHERS’ SALES AND REVENUE TEAMS STRUGGLE WITH ENTRENCHED DIVERSITY PROBLEMMAX WILLENSJULY 10, 2020DIGIDAY"It has a superficial, glittering prettiness, without—" I hesitated to find the word I wanted.
THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOODThis design reveals a stumbling-block that superficial people fall over.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKSo strong were prejudices in favour of superficial morality in even that licentious age!
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPERA little or superficial knowledge may incline a man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth him back to religion.
GOSPEL PHILOSOPHYJ. H. WARDIn touching truly deep and serious things Mistral is often superficial, and passes them off with a commonplace.
FRDRIC MISTRALCHARLES ALFRED DOWNERWORDS RELATED TO SUPERFICIAL
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