superficial
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Connections can seem superficial in large groups, but it really depends on how you define closeness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
“It’s a terrible idea to move swiftly and not have the really complicated and challenging process that is required to actually work towards more than a superficial pretense of revisionist history,” Gudis said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
The panel said the statement did not make any reference to the victims of his offences and "any remorse shown was superficial in its nature".
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
X on Friday denounced what it called the EU's "incomplete and superficial investigation".
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
As mentioned in Chapter 2, however, it should be carefully distinguished from the gambler’s fallacy, to which it bears a superficial resemblance.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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