adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
reason
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The ostensible reason was Mr Moussa's supposedly unauthorised dialogue with representatives of the main radical religious group, the Jamaat Islamiya.
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The ostensible reason for this outlay was that kerosene was the lighting fuel of the poor.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The war was fought to remove a cruel dictator - at least that was the ostensible aim.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Does Astrophil, who is the ostensible author, mean he loves truth or that it is true he is in love?
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He similarly assumes that exile players are only qualified for the clubs' ostensible countries of origin.
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Intel carefully skirted the issues of Pentium's price and delivery at its ostensible introduction last month.
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Ongoing problems seem to arise of their own accord, and then to spread through the ranks with no ostensible cause.
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The ostensible reason for this outlay was that kerosene was the lighting fuel of the poor.
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These experiences left him skeptical of the ostensible benefits of closing the glass subsidiary.