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His running inner monologue endears us to him by ostensibly revealing his vulnerabilities and insecurities to the audience.

Trump's clash with the Fed is ostensibly rooted in differences over where the bank should fix its key interest rate, which plays an influential role shaping borrowing costs for credit cards, mortgages and other loans.

She wanted to move to Los Angeles to live with him — ostensibly to live her own California dream, that of snagging a green card.

This scene may be a memory recreated for the big screen, and its inclusion in the film is ostensibly to give the viewer a sense of their war-torn fraternity.

Israel has been hit with a 17% tariff rate by the Trump administration, ostensibly over the country’s trade deficit with Washington.