Synonyms for ostensibly
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1. ostensiblyadverb

   seemingly, apparently, on the surface

   Synonyms:
   at first blush, ostensively, apparently, seemingly, arguably

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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, manifestly, plainly, patently, seemingly, evidently, on the face of it, obviously, apparently

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1. List of paraphrases for "ostensibly":

   seemingly, apparently, supposedly, ostentatiously, allegedly, blatantly, conspicuously, purportedly

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1. Charles Lane:

   It is surreal, it truly is, but… almost every other, ostensibly negative thing has somehow worked in Trump's favor, so I wouldn't be surprised if this proves to be another one.

2. Naftali Balanson:

   We encourage the end of all funding, both directly and indirectly, for NGOs that participate in the demonization and delegitimization campaigns, when you have organizations that are receiving money ostensibly for peace, human rights, and democracy but they refuse to work with Israeli partners, they refuse to meet with Israelis, and push for boycotts, those are in direct contradiction and seems to be a complete waste of taxpayer money.

3. Founder Nicole Neily:

   Journalism's mission is ostensibly to' hold power accountable' - so why, when it comes to covering education issues, are reporters acting as the handmaidens of the powerful ? by failing to tell the full story about the conflicts and disagreements in local communities, journalists are further undermining their own profession. It's little wonder that trust in media is at a historic lowpoint.

4. New York:

   Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan has been a 'disastrous' and 'humiliating' 'fiasco,' in the words of the mainstream media’s ostensibly objective foreign-policy journalists, yet this political fiasco is not a development that the media covered so much as one that it created.

5. John Githongo:

   It is so completely normal to be shaken down ... that he didn't even bother to check up before sending the money, for that to happen, especially right now when we are ostensibly in the middle of an anti-corruption campaign, shows that much of it is window dressing.