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Vashts1985 52 points ago +53 / -1

both Characterize and Apparent serve the same function of avoiding a statement of fact

for instance we could re-write the sentence "characterized to be the winner of" or "who is the apparent winner of" and they both keep plausible deniability.

whoever wrote that is just fluffing up the word count to look smat.

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unsquishable 25 points ago +26 / -1

Wicked smaht.

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Skogin 4 points ago +5 / -1

Probably maybe.

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undead_drop_bear 3 points ago +3 / -0

characterized to be apparently very intelligent.