on the surface
Example Sentences
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"So we never discussed it and we just had, on the surface level, a very fun night," he says.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
The other is more direct: receptors for GLP-1, the hormone these drugs mimic, appear on the surface of some tumor cells, raising the possibility that the drugs are acting on cancer biology itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Because expensive memory chips are also part of the latter package, he noted that the $20 billion estimate might not be all it seems on the surface.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
"This is a book that surprises and isn't perhaps what it seems like on the surface," said chair of the judges Natasha Brown.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
“I don’t think I want to play soccer on the surface of the sun.”
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
