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as in intended
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
do you purport to spend the rest of your life on that couch, or do you think you might get a job someday?
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as in alleged
to state as a fact usually forcefully
he purports to be an expert in criminalistics
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Recent Examples of purported
Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
There is nothing in the study that links sweeteners to any purported spike in sudden deaths or heart attacks.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Now, with another World Cup coming up, Pepi’s purported move from PSV to Fulham fell apart on deadline day as the Dutch powerhouse couldn’t find a replacement for its American striker.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
That Hochul had many other options and still chose LaSalle shows either a lack of conviction in her purported beliefs or severe political ineptitude.
—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
There is nothing in the study that links sweeteners to any purported spike in sudden deaths or heart attacks.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
Verb
The campaign mischaracterizes facts about same-sex parenting through California cases designed to maximize outrage, while specifically targeting in vitro fertilization and surrogacy as purported gateways to promoting LGBTQ+ families.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Now, with another World Cup coming up, Pepi’s purported move from PSV to Fulham fell apart on deadline day as the Dutch powerhouse couldn’t find a replacement for its American striker.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purported
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The poll found that Cornyn, Hunt and Paxton all have a lead over Crockett and Talarico in a hypothetical November matchup, but that their leads are within the poll’s margin of error.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Feb. 2026
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In the days leading up to the 2021 winter storm, the generator’s value was suddenly no longer hypothetical.—
Jessica Elliott,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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One bite of the blue lobster fettuccine, and you’ll be convinced this is just how things were intended.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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In that instance, police found gasoline cans and accelerant, saying the suspect(s) intended to light the building on fire.—
Statesman Staff,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Feb. 2026
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Another plaintiff was pressured to finish the year online or switch schools after reporting harassment, Casper alleged.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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False Trump has repeatedly alleged that undocumented immigrants have improperly influenced federal elections, but state voting data suggest that such instances are incredibly rare.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
25 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
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The supposed ransom note, first reported by the celebrity news site TMZ, demanding millions of dollars in Bitcoin.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Güell’s vision was to build an estate for affluent families—Gaudí planned 60 homes, a market, and gardens inspired by British parks (which explains the English spelling of the Catalan word parc), but the scheme never took off.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Hoping for the best, the astronauts went into pre-flight medical quarantine at the Johnson Space Center on Friday evening and planned to fly to the Kennedy Space Center on March 1 to prepare for launch.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2026
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His character was killed off early in Season 9 after a devastating Season 8 plane crash that also claimed the life of Leigh’s Lexie.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Survivors of the catastrophic avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada that claimed at least eight lives were rescued after using an emergency feature available on some iPhones.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Projections of economic gains from major sporting events are typically optimistic, euphoric, chimerical or conjectural.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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That statistic is somewhat conjectural, since the vast majority of rapes in India are apparently not reported.—
Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
7 Nov. 2023
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Reverend Jackson did not protest technology, but rather insisted on participating in shaping it.—
Brennan Nevada Johnson,
Fortune,
22 Feb. 2026
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The French insisted that their routine had a high level of difficulty and that they had been rewarded justly.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Purported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purported. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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