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Recent Examples of outwardly
From governance to deployment, nothing should be hidden, not only to foster trust, but to actively build skills outwardly ahead of an external team taking eventual ownership.
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Gautam Lohia, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
No other regular Chelsea starter could be relied upon so consistently to field questions from the media after a match, win, lose or draw, and few others were as loud or outwardly forceful on the pitch.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
This morning, the outwardly unblemished remains of IJA soldiers collected for Professor Nishina’s autopsy requirements were lined up in the first aid room at the Daiwa Textile factory—the facility Akatsuki Command had requisitioned to serve as the headquarters for its training division.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
And in a night that could almost veer on sterile with how safe many of the performances felt, Carpenter was the one artist willing to make an outwardly political statement all evening, standing up for the transgender community.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Gautam Lohia, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
No other regular Chelsea starter could be relied upon so consistently to field questions from the media after a match, win, lose or draw, and few others were as loud or outwardly forceful on the pitch.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
This morning, the outwardly unblemished remains of IJA soldiers collected for Professor Nishina’s autopsy requirements were lined up in the first aid room at the Daiwa Textile factory—the facility Akatsuki Command had requisitioned to serve as the headquarters for its training division.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
And in a night that could almost veer on sterile with how safe many of the performances felt, Carpenter was the one artist willing to make an outwardly political statement all evening, standing up for the transgender community.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
Adverb
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When everyone within a company tells a different version of its story, confusion follows—internally and externally.—
Guy Murrel,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Lift the right knee up and out to the side, externally rotating your right hip for a clamshell.—
Mallory Creveling,
Health,
17 Sep. 2025
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Trumps otherwise basked in the royal limelight on Wednesday, visibly enjoying the pomp and ceremony, which included a royal gun salute, carriage procession through Windsor and guard of honor.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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All three fragrance-free products hydrate for 48 hours and visibly improve skin firmness in four weeks and activate the skin’s moisture barrier for more hydrated skin in one week.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Conservatives have upheld private enterprise through two seemingly contradictory but complementary strategies.—
Allan J. Lichtman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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In a beauty world full of seemingly endless options, RoC’s Retinol Correxion Anti-Aging Night Serum is tested, loved by many, and won’t cost you a pretty penny.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But Herbert has apparently added a new dimension to his game.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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After 22-year-old Tyler Robinson surrendered to authorities, some began highlighting his upbringing in an apparently conservative household.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But evidently, the superstar knew his time was coming several months ago.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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But evidently these stories have stuck with me, too, achingly knotted into the threads holding my heart together.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Polidori, ostensibly joining the party as a private physician, had been secretly hired by a publishing house to write a tell-all about Byron.—
Thomas Page McBee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Premium trims gain ventilated front seats, and the gear selector migrates to the steering column, ostensibly to free up cabin space.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Kirk, an outspoken and devout protestant Christian, was supposedly considering Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy around the time of his death, in the telling of some online.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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However this is supposedly the result of a vatting error involving a 12 year old Macallan.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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