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• n  an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
  he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
• n  an erroneous mental representation
• n  picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

• Said Secretary of Commerce-designate Malcolm Baldrige, in the only semblance of lively comment: "I haven't even found the front door to the Department of Commerce yet.
• One bone, three nerves, one artery, three veins and three muscle groups had to be reattached if Jessie was to recover with some semblance of normal use of his arm.
• PTI photographer Yuri Kozyrev tracks how daily life in Baghdad and elsewhere has regained a semblance of normalcy.

• gloss
• color
• colour
• illusion
• likeness

News & Articles

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• White Sox blow lead, lose to Blue Jays in 10
  Jays tie game with homer in 9th and win it 7-5 in 10th, scoring winning run on wild pitch It took the White Sox about one-third of their disappointing season for the offense to show a semblance of the production they envisioned in spring training.
  June 12, 2013 - 22 WSBT South Bend
• Miscues early and late doom Sox
  Jays tie game with homer in 9th and win it 7-5 in 10th, scoring winning run on wild pitch It took the White Sox about one-third of their disappointing season for the offense to show a semblance of the production they envisioned in spring training.        
  June 11, 2013 - Chicago Tribune
• Michele Bachmann Should Lead the IRS
  The IRS has wronged Conservatives. The only way to restore a semblance of trust in the institution is to appoint someone that can be counted on to clean house and keep the rogue institution from overstepping its bounds again.
  June 10, 2013 - The Christian Post

Quotes

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• John Boehner in International Herald Tribune
  We need to start seeing some semblance of fiscal discipline,Boehner said.
• John Howard in The Age
  We are dealing with children of the tenderest age who have been exposed to the most terrible abuse from the time of their birth and any semblance of maintaining the innocence of childhood is a myth in so many of these communities,Mr Howard said.