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Common collocations with semblance in American Collocation

semblance noun

US /ˈsembləns/
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keep a semblance

keep
maintain
preserve
retain

We must endeavour to maintain the semblance of unity.

give a semblance

bring
give something

His efforts to bring some semblance of order to his team never flagged.

get a semblance again

regain
restore

Extra resources will be needed to restore some semblance of stability and equity.

not have a semblance

lack
lose

We had lost all semblance of control.

control
dignity
legitimacy
normality
order
sanity
unity

Eventually the war came to an end and, again, a semblance of normality returned to the villages.