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on the face of it

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  1. apparently, seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of itadverb

    from appearances alone

    "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor"

    Synonyms:
    plain, ostensibly, manifestly, plainly, patently, seemingly, evidently, obviously, apparently

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#3226plain
#4395apparently
#4417obviously
#12018seemingly
#17985evidently
#22432plainly
#34143ostensibly
#44224patently
#50596manifestly

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  1. Andrey Kortunov:

    On the face of it, the failed coup has pulled Turkey closer to Russia. But there still remain serious differences between the two countries.

  2. Ted Cruz:

    At this point we don't know that's what caused this, but on the face of it, it certainly seems inadequate - the pilot training material did not raise the details of this new system.

  3. Elizabeth Warren:

    Climate change. Gun safety. Health care. On the face of it, these three are totally different issues. But despite our being the strongest and wealthiest country in the history of the world, our democracy is paralyzed, and why ? Because giant corporations have bought off our government.

  4. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar:

    I think the new government will want to study that and see if it makes sense to do something similar in Ireland. On the face of it, it is a good idea.

  5. Riyad Capital:

    On the face of it, the market seems to have discounted 2015 pain in stock prices.

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