apparently
adverb
ap·par·ent·ly
ə-ˈper-ənt-lē 
-ˈpa-rənt
: it seems apparent
—used to describe something that appears to be true based on what is known
an apparently happy marriage
The window had apparently been forced open.
Apparently, we're supposed to wait here.
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Bedard even found himself in the middle of a couple of scrums, at one point earning an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty for apparently flipping a puck at Alexandre Carrier’s, uh, midsection.
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Confidential informants had apparently accused me of incendiary comments.
—Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Paying tribute to the classic design, Alessandro apparently wanted to mimic the Bialetti moka pot shape but in a modern-contemporary fashion.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
Another investigation was launched by the agency in August looking into why Tesla apparently has not been reporting crashes promptly as required.
—CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Confidential informants had apparently accused me of incendiary comments.
—Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Paying tribute to the classic design, Alessandro apparently wanted to mimic the Bialetti moka pot shape but in a modern-contemporary fashion.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
Another investigation was launched by the agency in August looking into why Tesla apparently has not been reporting crashes promptly as required.
—CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
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apparently
adverb
ap·par·ent·ly
ə-ˈpar-ənt-lē
-ˈper-
: it seems apparent : evidently
the door had apparently been forced open
apparently, we're supposed to wait here
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