superficial
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Superficial scratches and earthen deposits led investigators, including Dr. Pearson, an earth sciences professor at the University College London, to determine that the treatment seemed natural, prompting them to think the coins were authentic.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022
“He was incredible. He blazed a trail for me and a lot of other music people. I also think it looks way better. Superficial reasons.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2021
"Superficial fissures have been found in some places on the Zarya module," Vladimir Solovyov, chief engineer of rocket and space corporation Energia, told RIA news agency.
From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2021
Superficial boundaries between rhythm and melody cease to exist.
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2021
Superficial writers will ask, what has Raphael to do with Virgil? mere artists will enquire, how they are to be benefited by the study of Tasso?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
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