PURPORTEDLY Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

purportedly

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Definition of purportedly

as in allegedly

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Recent Examples of purportedly Sony Pictures dropped one last trailer for this follow-up to 2021’s No Way Home, which is purportedly intended to launch a fresh trilogy of films with Tom Holland in the title role. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026 Also, please stop suggesting that house hunters overpay because housing is a purportedly great investment. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 July 2026 Apollo Neuro delivers vibration patterns through a wearable to purportedly influence the vagus nerve, and it is frequently grouped with vibroacoustic recovery tools. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026 During the alleged incident on March 25, Dick purportedly tracked Buckingham to his location in Santa Monica and threw a substance at the 76-year-old musician before fleeing. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for purportedly

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Purchases allegedly made by Burke under aliases also included cadaver bags, heavy-duty laundry bags, chain saws, a shovel and a fireproof mat, Byers testified.

— Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 22 July 2026
The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie is going on trial again, this time in a federal terrorism case that is probing deeper into what allegedly motivated the stabbing on a lecture stage in 2022.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of allegedly

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So reasoning traces, the very things that supposedly distinguish LRMs from the mere next-word-predicting LLMs, are not necessarily either meaningful or causal to a model’s … reasoning?

— John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 31 July 2026
Maybe the domain is too diseased to rehabilitate for clicks, even under its supposedly privacy-forward rebrand.

— Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 30 July 2026

Definition of supposedly

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Page reportedly spent about $188 million on a Coconut Grove estate, while Brin bought a Miami Beach home for $51 million.

— Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Since marrying The 1975 drummer George Daniel in July 2025, Charli has worn a vintage, round-diamond solitaire engagement ring, reportedly sourced from Claude Morady Estate Jewelry, with a chunky, sculptural platinum wedding band.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 31 July 2026

Definition of reportedly

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This update will kick off some indexing work that will then be leveraged in an ostensibly much more robust Spotlight search feature when iOS 27 launches next month.

— Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
So call it a quiet, workmanlike beginning for the 13th player taken in the NFL draft, a quarterback the Rams ostensibly chose to become Matthew Stafford’s heir apparent.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026

Definition of ostensibly

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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
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

Definition of reputedly

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The franchise has been a perennial contender for years, though one of their first-ever household stars evidently feels that having played north of the border has been a challenge to his legacy.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
People won’t buy welcome mats, evidently, from a guy with such spacing.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Definition of evidently

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Beneath red tinsel and in the dim glow of club lighting, six young couples kiss, each seemingly wrapped up in their own little worlds.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
The Seminoles seemingly didn’t have the funding to be aggressive in the transfer portal and signed Daniels to fill the void at quarterback.

— Antonio Morales, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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