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Recent Examples of purportedly
The survey, purportedly designed to influence Treasury consultations on remote gambling taxation, represents the latest salvo in the industry's campaign against regulatory tightening.
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Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Footage that emerged overnight purportedly showed demonstrators burning a flag before law enforcement fired munitions to disperse a crowd that gathered outside the ICE field office.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
At that point, Ellis purportedly was holding her phone in front of her chest, the singer testified.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2025
Efrem Lukatsky, a photojournalist with The Associated Press, published an image to social media last week purportedly showing Flamingo missiles at a factory in Ukraine on August 18.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
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Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Footage that emerged overnight purportedly showed demonstrators burning a flag before law enforcement fired munitions to disperse a crowd that gathered outside the ICE field office.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
At that point, Ellis purportedly was holding her phone in front of her chest, the singer testified.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2025
Efrem Lukatsky, a photojournalist with The Associated Press, published an image to social media last week purportedly showing Flamingo missiles at a factory in Ukraine on August 18.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purportedly
Adverb
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Rackauckas allegedly told the detective to delay writing a report on Lunsford’s statement.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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The coroner's office representative told ABC News that Zukatis was homeless and had allegedly been using drugs since the age of 14.—
Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
17 Sep. 2025
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The meeting was arranged at the last minute, in part because Harry was supposedly nervous about leaks, Griffiths also said.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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These creations are supposedly already out in the wild.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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You guys are apparently playing one more concert.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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Whatever the case might be, there’s clearly at least one contingent in King Charles’ inner circle, which apparently includes Prince William, that would love for this Harry meeting to be a one-and-done.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
13 Sep. 2025
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Al Jazeera employees even reportedly work with the terrorist group to identify protesters.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The fact that Robertson reportedly asked for team assistance to pursue no-show endorsement deals at that time, only to find them later with Aspiration during Leonard’s Clippers tenure, sets the kind of backdrop that only hurts their case at the moment.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Polidori, ostensibly joining the party as a private physician, had been secretly hired by a publishing house to write a tell-all about Byron.—
Thomas Page McBee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Premium trims gain ventilated front seats, and the gear selector migrates to the steering column, ostensibly to free up cabin space.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The dispatch England, Napoleon Bonaparte reputedly once said, is a nation of shopkeepers.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
16 July 2025
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Rice Japan holds a cherished place in Japanese national culture — samurai reputedly used to be paid in it.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
Adverb
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Those watching on social media evidently agreed, with the clip earning over 120,000 views.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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No, not drugs—for the young Michael Clune, those would evidently come soon enough—but art.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Conservatives have upheld private enterprise through two seemingly contradictory but complementary strategies.—
Allan J. Lichtman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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In a beauty world full of seemingly endless options, RoC’s Retinol Correxion Anti-Aging Night Serum is tested, loved by many, and won’t cost you a pretty penny.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Purportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purportedly. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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