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His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity.ostensible = claimed
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Mr Verloc cared but little about his ostensible business.† (source)
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He had also reasons, deep rather than ostensible, for being satisfied with his own appearance.† (source)
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Their real preparations they masked beneath ostensible ones.† (source)
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the ostensible truth of their theories†
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The ostensible reason why Ahab did not go on board of the whaler we had spoken was this: the wind and sea betokened storms.† (source)
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Whitney had stayed home, ostensibly to get dinner ready. (source)ostensibly = appearing as such, but really for another reason
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He also had the ostensible advantage of experienced subordinate officers, professionals all, several of whom had marked ability.† (source)ostensible = appearing as such, but not so (sometimes only possibly not so)
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When, ostensibly, to do so should matter to them least of all?† (source)
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The group gathered at around 6:00 p.m., and by the time dessert was served at 8:30 not a word had been said about the ostensible reason for the dinner.† (source)
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I'd programmed mine to look, sound, and behave like Max Headroom, the (ostensibly) computer-generated star of a late—'80s talk show, a groundbreaking cyberpunk TV series, and a slew of Coke commercials.† (source)
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For more than a decade, ConAgra executives allegedly spoke on the phone to, or met at motels with, their ostensible rivals to set catfish prices nationwide.† (source)
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Loren Johnson, Billies father, ostensibly worked as a truck driver, "but he never held any job for long," she says.† (source)
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There are occasions, Alvah, when the issues at stake are not the ostensible facts at all.† (source)
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Rumour has it that a wad of dirty money has changed hands under the table to facilitate the deal, which I'm sure is what happened too when this bridge was first erected, ostensibly to honour Queen Victoria.† (source)
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He had also reasons, deep rather than ostensible, for being satisfied with his own appearance.† (source)
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