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to state as a fact usually forcefully
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Recent Examples of alleged
Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
Security cameras captured the agents in the hallway showing pictures of the alleged missing child, the president said.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Since 2024, a number of lawsuits have alleged that extensive use of the technology has inflicted a range of harms on children and adults alike, fostering delusions and despair for some and leading others to death by suicide and even murder-suicide.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Nearly three years later, prosecutors have charged a man for his alleged role in Carter’s death.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
Security cameras captured the agents in the hallway showing pictures of the alleged missing child, the president said.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
Verb
The prosecutor alleged that Abril confronted the couple, at which point James MacEgan was shot and killed, before Abril grabbed MacEgan’s wife and pulled her into the creek.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Since 2024, a number of lawsuits have alleged that extensive use of the technology has inflicted a range of harms on children and adults alike, fostering delusions and despair for some and leading others to death by suicide and even murder-suicide.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alleged
Adjective
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The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When right-wing accounts claimed in February that Newsom allows dogs to vote in California, Richards responded with a CBS News article reporting that a woman was charged with five felonies for registering her canine.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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It’s also being claimed that the construction of salt cavern CAES power plants can effectively address the volatility, intermittency and randomness of renewable energy generation.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Consumer advocates welcomed the proposed investigation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The proposed four-story, 105-room hotel would be located on four lots immediately north of AJ’s Pizza, on the opposite side of Blackwell Lane, sandwiched between Matson Drive and Village Point.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But there would inevitably be some who insisted that the bereaved also join in the singing.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Some commentators interpreted Altman’s remark as a veiled criticism of Anthropic, which had not agreed to these terms previously and instead insisted on explicit contractual restrictions on how its models could be used.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But a handful of anglers, influencers, and content creators have gone public about their own experiences with DTF over the last week, and the supposed scam league is now dominating most corners of the online fishing space.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
19 Feb. 2026
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Within a month, the school staff became suspicious when a supposed guardian — allegedly Hewitt’s adult roommate — attempted to remove her from school.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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While most agree that Iran is a malign actor on the global stage, many asserted that the choice to use military force against it was a mistake.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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Sean Duffy’s federal Department of Transportation last year asserted a degree of control over the funding, congressional appropriations bills and the power of the purse be damned, and summarily declared the program dead.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Channel hypothetical intensity into movement that others can see.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Mar. 2026
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Recent polls show Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula as almost tied in a hypothetical run-off vote.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The defense also contended that venue was improper in the Southern District of New York.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Homeschool advocates have contended that DCF had previously investigated Mimi’s family for abuse and neglect allegations and her removal of school did not remove the burden of the agency’s investigation into her welfare.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Alleged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alleged. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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