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Recent Examples of purportedly
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
The fund was meant to compensate people who were purportedly the victims of prosecutorial overreach by the DOJ during the Biden administration.
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Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
But, under a sweetheart 2019 deal scheduled for completion this year, Alameda County agreed to sell its half-interest to the A’s owners, purportedly to incentivize the team to stay in town.
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Daniel Borenstein,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
But now this is changing, at least at the World Cup, purportedly for player safety.
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Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for purportedly
Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
The fund was meant to compensate people who were purportedly the victims of prosecutorial overreach by the DOJ during the Biden administration.
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Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
But, under a sweetheart 2019 deal scheduled for completion this year, Alameda County agreed to sell its half-interest to the A’s owners, purportedly to incentivize the team to stay in town.
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Daniel Borenstein,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
But now this is changing, at least at the World Cup, purportedly for player safety.
—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purportedly
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The Drug Enforcement Administration responded to a home on the 400 block of West Chew Avenue on Thursday afternoon for an investigation of a person who was allegedly forging government documents, according to law enforcement sources.
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In the weeks since, Indian media has reported several student suicides allegedly linked to the immense pressure of the exams, which Dipke and his supporters commemorated this week by lighting candles.
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Or means that any comments are supposedly hypocritical.
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But leaders at United Auto Workers (UAW), the primary US union for autoworkers, reacted with anger to the new robotic presence, given how GM has not yet called back any of the workers affected by supposedly temporary layoffs in March.
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The video allegedly showed that a driver who was apparently in front of Savino swerved into the middle lane in front of a tractor-trailer to avoid a collision, the warrant affidavit said.
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Even GOATs get butterflies, apparently.
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The communication reportedly did not seek payment and included language expressing remorse, a detail experts say is unusual in genuine ransom demands.
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This pick is reportedly headed to the Milwaukee Bucks as part of the Antetokounmpo trade.
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While the point of the World Cup is ostensibly to crown a world champion, and the only way to do that is through knockout games that eliminate the rest of the field, the group games are the true joy of the tournament.
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An entertainment industry executive told the outlet that there will be a gathering of 100 or so people on July 2—ostensibly, the wedding ceremony itself.
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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.
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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.
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That rough outing ultimately proved costly, but the Pirates evidently saw enough upside in Marte's arm to give him another chance.
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More importantly, Suzuka marked both the end and beginning of a chapter for the young team, which evidently had a lot of work to do before heading to the United States.
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That pace has seemingly left lawmakers attempting to put in guardrails fighting a losing battle.
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When Lucerys refuses, Aemond chases Lucerys on his dragon, seemingly meaning to injure him rather than kill him, but his dragon, Vhagar, delivers a fatal blow to Rhaenyra’s son.
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“Purportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purportedly. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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