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Recent Examples of outwardly
The control group’s psychopathy levels weren’t measured using the PCL-R, so the existence of subclinical traits, that is, traits that aren’t outwardly detectable, can't be ruled out.
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New Atlas, 26 June 2025
Let’s rebrand servant leadership as compassionate leadership, where compassion is directed both outwardly toward others and inwardly toward ourselves.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Republicans have outwardly enjoyed getting the richest person in the world, and his wallet, on their side.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 5 June 2025
Numbers-wise, a global gross of $378 million against a film that cost $280 million to make and market outwardly gives the appearance Thunderbolts* will be a profitable title.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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New Atlas, 26 June 2025
Let’s rebrand servant leadership as compassionate leadership, where compassion is directed both outwardly toward others and inwardly toward ourselves.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Republicans have outwardly enjoyed getting the richest person in the world, and his wallet, on their side.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 5 June 2025
Numbers-wise, a global gross of $378 million against a film that cost $280 million to make and market outwardly gives the appearance Thunderbolts* will be a profitable title.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
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Address: Livadia Bay, Antiparos 840 07, Greece This luxury beach resort took the idea of bohemian design and went all-in—there’s a woven pendant light or bamboo furniture item seemingly around every corner.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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This is seemingly a message to the people who are doubting him.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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But that apparently didn’t stop him from burning the midnight oil until the very end.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
23 July 2025
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In one case reported by Newsweek, a passenger on a Delta flight detailed how he and his son were apparently forced to sit in a seat contaminated by vomit for hours.—
Matthew Impelli,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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By that point, Trafford had evidently lost confidence and the fanbase had also begun to turn on him, with his distribution from the back — often short but slow — generating frustration from the stands.—
Matt Pyzdrowski,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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However, the locker room issues this past season were evidently clear.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
23 July 2025
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Unlike Putin's crude asset seizures, Trump's extortion operates through ostensibly voluntary settlements and pro bono commitments.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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Harper & Brothers wasn’t unusual in having a moral or religious orientation despite being an ostensibly secular business.—
Time,
Time,
23 July 2025
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The American online gaming industry has produced exactly one profitable quarter in seven years of operation—a stunning indictment of an industry supposedly worth billions.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Even a single strand could supposedly expose someone’s race or criminality.—
Book Marks
August 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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