How to Use apparent in a Sentence
apparent
adjective
- What was the apparent cause of the accident?
- We disagreed on the apparent meaning of the movie.
- From the beginning, it was apparent that she was not an ordinary child.
- He started yelling and throwing things for no apparent reason.
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And the problem has only become more apparent in the decades since Troost and Greenfield got their doctorates.
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Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
8 Dec. 2024
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His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide.
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Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
17 Feb. 2023
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Also, Ty’s talent and the working connection with Gayle became apparent right away.
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Steve Rogers,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2023
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Jacobs died by an apparent suicide in their Nashville home on Friday, according to authorities.
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Megan Thomas,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2023
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Three teen girls, including one who was pregnant, were fatally shot Saturday night in Texas by a man who then killed himself in an apparent murder-suicide, police said.
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Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2023
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Kyle Jacobs celebrated a milestone in his career in his final Instagram post before his apparent suicide.
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Charmaine Patterson,
Peoplemag,
17 Feb. 2023
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Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the full scale of the disaster only became apparent as the country woke Tuesday.
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Hilary Whiteman,
CNN,
13 Feb. 2023
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Nowhere was the rise of K-beauty more apparent than in the skin-care realm.
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Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
28 Sep. 2024
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The body was found near the shore, about 20 miles south of Cassville, and had an apparent gunshot wound.
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Faith Karimi,
CNN,
1 June 2023
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But the fraught nature of those ties was apparent at the G-20 summit.
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Karishma Mehrotra,
Washington Post,
19 Sep. 2023
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The Middle Fork was reshaped by the gold rush of the 1800s, which was apparent throughout the trip.
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Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
7 June 2024
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Think too deeply, though, and the lack of stakes becomes too apparent to ignore.
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Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Sep. 2024
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Evan White to the Braves, in another apparent salary dump.
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Daniel Kohn,
SPIN,
27 Mar. 2024
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The Moon will close the apparent distance between the two until in one moment the starlight will be gone!
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Dean Regas,
The Enquirer,
13 July 2024
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This was apparent at an early preview, when Killam emerged as one of the Knights of Ni.
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Sopan Deb,
New York Times,
6 Nov. 2023
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The reality of the world was very apparent and just hit me at every turn.
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Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
2 Jan. 2024
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That couldn't be more apparent than PBS' lineup tonight, at least.
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Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
19 Mar. 2023
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Tripp was pronounced dead at the scene with an apparent gunshot wound.
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Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Nov. 2024
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Last year in court, Tardy chalked the apparent discrepancies up to poor word choice.
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Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2024
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Nowhere is that more apparent than in the top five priorities list for 2024.
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Kevin Kruse,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2024
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The teenage victim was found by police on the ground in a first-floor bedroom with apparent gunshot wounds.
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Becca Longmire,
Peoplemag,
19 June 2024
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Video showed the apparent twister roaring across a Wellington road.
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NBC News,
10 Oct. 2024
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And the local difference will also be apparent at the first real stop: A lounge, with a bar and food.
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oregonlive,
7 Apr. 2023
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The quality was apparent in the little details like the stitching, high thread count, and feel.
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Theresa Holland,
Peoplemag,
31 Mar. 2023
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Part of the apparent rapid warming is because 2023 began in the tail end of an unusual string of three back-to-back La Niña events.
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Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
4 Oct. 2023
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The last of three people shot in an apparent murder-suicide Thursday in East Price Hill has died.
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Erin Couch,
The Enquirer,
3 Mar. 2024
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