ostensibly

• “So maybe there’s a legal convention concerning how definitions such as this are to be circumscribed/overridden/whatever by the common English meaning however vague by comparison of the term ostensibly being defined?”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Hate Crimes and Double Jeopardy:

• “When he sat down she began to sing a welcome to “Uncle Walter” ostensibly from the mayor (Ivancie I believe).”

  Walter and me (Jack Bog's Blog)

• “Even those living in ostensibly less affluent areas will be affected.”

  The Guardian: Housing benefit cuts: what's the real truth?

• “Under another creator, this might be fodder for wacky domestic comedy, with the bachelor dad screwing up in ostensibly hilarious ways.”

  From the stack: Bunny Drop vol. 1

• “Dorothy – it is interesting how James, whilst writing in ostensibly the same style, manages to create such different reading experiences with his books.”

  Reading Plans for 2009 « Tales from the Reading Room

• “Oddly the BBC report omits to mention on a page that at least ostensibly is about Boris Johnson's visit to the Sikh New Year festival, that Boris's wife is half Sikh, her mother being Dip Singh.”

  Archive 2008-05-01

• “Ignatieff argued that Carroll can't remain ostensibly in charge of rebuilding and unifying the party after publicly casting aspersions on the loyalty of erstwhile leadership competitors.”

  Archive 2007-05-01

• “While young Frank Pierson revered Tom Ripley and wanted, in some sense, to become him or at least win his approval, David Pritchard arbitrarily, impulsively decides to make Tom's life a living hell, to harass him with phone calls ostensibly from Dickie Greenleaf (who has been "found and resuscitated"), and, finally, to stalk his every move.”

  This Woman Is Dangerous

• ““Ostensibly written by a local high school student, it was the only item on a full page usually given over to teen topics and (again – ostensibly) written by and for teens,” said our reader.”

  RIAA lies and disinformation

• “The reason for this, ostensibly, is that Windows used to do really bad things if you just flipped the power off without letting the OS shut down first.”

  Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » I Want A Hard Power Switch on My Computer

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