Ostensible

And none of the hedge fund geniuses think to actually pick up the phone and call the ostensible issuer of the notes just to check and see that the notes are real and Dreier is authorized to peddle them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They have exercised the right to determine from the circumstances whether the ostensible was the real destination. ❋ Various (N/A)

Philip, at whose request he had come, had charged him by no means to divulge the secret, as the King was anxious to have it believed that the ostensible was the only business which the prelate had to perform in the country. ❋ John Lothrop Motley (1845)

"Truth is, the titular subject is entirely ostensible, which is both the film's charm and its greatest limitation," writes ❋ Unknown (2009)

I say, "ostensible," because, in fact, the paramilitaries have rarely fought guerrillas themselves, but rather, have targeted civilians struggling peacefully for social change - for example, trade unionists, peasant leaders, teachers and Catholic priests advocating for the poor. ❋ Unknown (2008)

That alone would make it a collector's item, but it's particularly notable because the ostensible premise of Nabokov's best-known novel ( "ostensible" because Lolita is not simply about an older man's affair with a preteenage girl) caused a scandal that kept the book itself from finding an American publisher for nearly three more years. ❋ Unknown (2001)

As for the Kols, what Dalton says about the Mundas (194) not only indicates that parental interference is more than "ostensible," but makes clear that what these girls enjoy is not free choice but what is euphemistically called "free love," before marriage: ❋ Henry Theophilus Finck (1890)

By these we mean the introducing houses, such as ostensible millinery establishments and the like in fashionable but retired streets, where ladies meet their lovers. ❋ Abraham H. Hummel (1887)

[Footnote 608: 'Praedia urbana vel rustica.'] [Footnote 609: The punishment consisted in loss of all claim to the property -- which was generally seized by someone who had some kind of ostensible claim to it -- and a penalty of equal value with that of the property wrongfully seized.] 'II. ❋ Senator Cassiodorus (1872)

[10] Also, it does state Tascón's intention for publicly posting the list (although it expresses doubt that this was the real reason, saying this was the "ostensible" reason). ❋ Unknown (2009)

(I say "ostensible" because it seems to me a tough sell to argue to a court that religious beliefs permit a doctor to use medication to spur hyperovulation - for the sole purpose of making artificial insemination work - but prevent her from performing the actual insemination.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

You know, the kind of ostensible dialogue that involves one character talking about something, while the other character doesn’t really add much to the conversation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"ostensible," because a conviction arose in Lionel's mind afterwards that it was but an excuse: that Roy made it a pretext for the purpose of obtaining an interview. ❋ Henry Wood (1850)

But the more urgent question, which he begs, is whether the need to protect the democratic rule of law is always merely an "ostensible" motive of leaders ” or whether it can be a valid motive. ❋ Marshall, Rachelle (1979)

Plus, Sarah has the ostensible leader of the party, McCain for her. ❋ Unknown (2009)

the second [horse] was the ostensible [winner] [pouser] ❋ Jairo Arroyo (2007)

❋ Anonymous (2003)

The ostensibly heterosexual man keeps [threatening] to shove things up his co-workers asses. [The No] Child [Left Behind] Act is ostensibly for improving education. ❋ Jimmer (2004)

on the ostensible layer, me & that [ho] are not together; however we still live together, have sex, and are [engaged] to be married next [june]. ❋ Ms. Communication (2008)