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on the surface
Idioms and Phrases
Superficially, to all outward appearances, as in On the surface he appeared brave and patriotic, but his troops knew better . [Early 1700s]Example Sentences
“Make Sure You Die Screaming†is, on the surface, ideologically coherent, its narrator very clearly on the left and furious at their parents’ descent into right-wing conspiracy theories and grievance politics.
This means there are lots of sunspots on the surface which are a bit like volcanoes and occasionally erupt.
In places, a film with iridescent swirls could be seen on the surface of the water - a distinctive signature of contamination by oil.
Shaun Newton, from Rainham Against Pollution, believes fires constantly burn underground, even if they do not ignite on the surface.
I hardly need to add that the Irish experience is also different from those examples, for reasons that are, so to speak, right on the surface.
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