PURPORTEDLY Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

purportedly

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Recent Examples of purportedly The lawsuit also accuses two men in Peru of painting a series of works purportedly signed by Warhol and arranging for the canvases to be shipped to Roberts’s gallery. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Pictures circulated on social media showed a Land Rover, purportedly belonging to Thomas, laying upside down on the side of a narrow residential street. — Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 In July, prosecutors played footage of an interview with Twiggs and presented text messages purportedly sent between the pair. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 The 35-year-old man acted wealthy, sending photos and videos of himself purportedly in designer clothes, nice cars and expensive jewelry, the criminal complaint said. — Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for purportedly

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Joe Raedle/Getty Images A North Miami Beach, Florida, mom is facing child neglect charges after allegedly abandoning her four children -- including a 2-month-old and a 2-year-old -- to go on a cruise to the Bahamas, according to court documents.

— Clara McMichael, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
That discovery could potentially expose the skeletons in the NFL’s closet, shedding light on the league’s allegedly discriminatory hiring practices.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of allegedly

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Given Polymarket’s popularity, its prices can feed back into the events its bets supposedly only predict.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Rogers was also aware that Lee, now supposedly an economics professor at a Chinese university, had an unusually intense interest in him.

— Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of supposedly

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There wasn’t a penalty on the play, but the NFL apparently saw something amiss.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Commissioner Josh Davidson countered that Pourharton’s figures apparently didn’t include income from his commission on Valero gas sales or on lottery tickets.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of apparently

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Then there is Solomon, who is reportedly expected to stay on as executive chairman.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
But as the companies reportedly explore moves to the public markets as soon as next year, the accuracy of these volume figures is in the spotlight.

— Davis Giangiulio,Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of reportedly

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Pike is in critical condition and receiving life-saving medical care after being injected with two ostensibly fatal doses of pentobarbital, her attorneys said Thursday.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
The kettle ostensibly includes a spout through which people are released as molecules are split from their collective bonds.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of ostensibly

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Writer and director Quentin Tarantino reputedly wrote at the bar.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
And Mersan & Tümkalıp, another machinery purveyor, is reputedly negotiating assistance deals to retroactively modernize damaged production lines that idled during the war years.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of reputedly

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Of course, there are also age-old hustles so evidently dishonest that there was a time when their exponents risked being hung or shot.

— Kit Chellel, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
He was called up by Zidane to this squad but remains uncapped at senior level and is evidently behind Jacquet in the coach’s thoughts, having been regarded as the outstanding young defender on the market two years ago.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of evidently

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The on-board algorithms that decide how and when to deploy the car's electrical hybrid power were seemingly thwarted by the drivers using less acceleration than usual to deal with the slippery conditions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
In Massachusetts and Maine, that approval is also contingent on the federal government finding a long-term solution to the seemingly intractable problem of storing radioactive nuclear waste.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

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