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Recent Examples of purportedly
Unveiled in early April, Mythos is purportedly able to detect and exploit vulnerabilities in a wide range of critical software.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
Their most profitable fake, purportedly by the artist Richard Mayhew, was sold by the auction house DuMouchelles last October for $160,000.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
While statements attributed to him have been released, he has not been seen publicly since purportedly taking the helm in Tehran.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
This configuration purportedly allows the outer MLE to act as a counterbalance, helping prevent excessive tilt, while the inner MLE avoids contact with the road.
—New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
Their most profitable fake, purportedly by the artist Richard Mayhew, was sold by the auction house DuMouchelles last October for $160,000.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
While statements attributed to him have been released, he has not been seen publicly since purportedly taking the helm in Tehran.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
This configuration purportedly allows the outer MLE to act as a counterbalance, helping prevent excessive tilt, while the inner MLE avoids contact with the road.
—New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purportedly
Adverb
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Becerra has forcefully denied wrongdoing, calling it a ‘gut punch’ that his advisors allegedly betrayed him.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Several individuals released pre-trial have gone on to allegedly commit violent crimes, like Alphanso Talley, who's accused of murdering Chicago Police Department Officer John Bartholomew.—
Adam Sabes , Michael Tobin,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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And because there can only be an electric motor at the rear axle, not the front—supposedly out of fear that new entrant Audi would have too much of an advantage—cars could regenerate just a fraction of the total energy possible under braking.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2026
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Many eclipse chasers ignored South America's total solar eclipse in 2019, which was short and predicted by some to be cloudy, for a slightly longer, supposedly clearer one in 2020 in almost the same place.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 May 2026
Adverb
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The ham, apparently, is not the only thing worth exporting from that region.—
Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Though, there is no archival footage of Moulin’s bloody crucible, and Nemes apparently had some interest in filming that.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
Adverb
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Texas Roadhouse table service technology Morgan has reportedly said that Texas Roadhouse may start using handheld tablets at tables to help diners order faster, according to several news outlets, including Newsweek.—
Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Duffy reportedly worked with the same production company that did his season of The Real World (Barnes did not address NPR's requests for confirmation).—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
12 May 2026
Adverb
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Global disaster shadowed this year’s Witten Days for New Chamber Music, an ostensibly insular contemporary-music festival that takes place each spring in the Ruhr Valley, in Germany.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Not to mention that, in the cabin, the only person doing the dishes and rinsing out everyone’s beer cans for the recycling was the ostensibly famous lead singer—the only woman, natch.—
Dan Kois,
Pitchfork,
17 May 2026
Adverb
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The fire killed almost every tree in this section of the Redwood Mountain Grove in Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, reputedly the world’s largest stand of sequoias.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Their argument, which seems to have partially swayed the judge, cast doubt on the prevailing narrative and instead characterized the shooting as a response to the gang rival reputedly reaching into a tan backpack for a gun.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Far From the Tree, evidently likes to keep her dad active.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Plus, evidently there is no crime or corruption problem in Florida so Uthmeier has lots of free time to meddle in how sports leagues dare align on the side of equal opportunity.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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Budget-conscious passengers, many of them young, formed a seemingly endless security line snaking around the rotunda, which features a twelve-foot-high mural depicting the history of flight.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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In taking on such an iconic figure—one whose compositions have been deconstructed and reconstructed in seemingly every possible direction—the group risks revealing the method to its madness.—
Levi Dayan,
Pitchfork,
11 May 2026
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“Purportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purportedly. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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