allegedly

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Recent Examples of allegedly And in North Carolina, a police officer was charged with unlawfully accessing computers after allegedly using her department’s license plate reader system to look up the vehicle of her boyfriend’s ex-wife 31 times, including twice while off duty. Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026 These professors incorporate allegedly responsible uses of GenAI into assignments, such as telling their students to upload course documents into an LLM and asking it to generate potential test questions. Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026 Laser destroys 11 drones in 10 days US forces have stopped around 300 drones allegedly linked to cartels since the beginning of 2026. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026 Bubeck allegedly wanted to exclude Alpöge, an employee of OpenAI’s competitor, according to Buckmaster. Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026 Two men were arrested after allegedly robbing someone in Sacramento before fleeing on a bus and later surrendering to police, officials said on Monday. Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 Havas allegedly pushed his way through a crowd in an attempt to approach Acton, knocking two elderly people over in the process, according to an incident report obtained by NBC News on Tuesday. Henry J. Gomez, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026 Lignite is still being mined and used to generate electricity in all three of the states where the man allegedly committed or tried to commit attacks on power plants. ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 Bin Zayed allegedly passed this message to the Israeli premier in late September 2023, reportedly conveying a sense of seriousness about the threat. Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegedly
reportedly
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  • The outlets reportedly viewed an internal email that had been sent to National Park Service staff in late December, revealing that staff members had been instructed to ask visitors to take any stickers off their card or it could be considered void.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But beyond the rhetoric, Americans are feeling the cost of the war amid widespread public disapproval for a conflict that reportedly had cost Washington some $40 billion as of July.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Allegedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegedly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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