Examples of purportedly in a Sentence
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Within a week of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance earlier this year, two notes purportedly written by the 84-year-old’s abductors were sent to local news outlets.
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John Miller,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
That same evening, a Snapchat video recording in which Alannah purportedly sings along to a song that uses a racist slur emerged on platforms like X and TikTok.
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Kimi Robinson,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Among other things, those nonprofits and shell corporations who do not disclose their donors should be required to do so and ads and campaign literature should be required to disclose the names of the principal donors behind the entities purportedly sponsoring them.
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Richard J. Davis,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
The New York Amsterdam News wrote that across the country, a dozen or so people purportedly died from shock or heart attacks after the fight.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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John Miller,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
That same evening, a Snapchat video recording in which Alannah purportedly sings along to a song that uses a racist slur emerged on platforms like X and TikTok.
—
Kimi Robinson,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Among other things, those nonprofits and shell corporations who do not disclose their donors should be required to do so and ads and campaign literature should be required to disclose the names of the principal donors behind the entities purportedly sponsoring them.
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Richard J. Davis,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
The New York Amsterdam News wrote that across the country, a dozen or so people purportedly died from shock or heart attacks after the fight.
—
Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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“Purportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purportedly. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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