reportedly

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Recent Examples of reportedly Her death sparked Operation Midway Blitz, a Department of Homeland Security initiative that has reportedly led to 1,800 arrests as part of an immigration crackdown in Chicago. Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025 The company’s earlier humanoid model, the Noetix N2, reportedly achieved over 2,500 orders and even took part in a humanoid robot half-marathon earlier this year. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025 The two firms have reportedly recommended a vote against Musk’s newest pay package as well. Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025 The other investors are David Chamberlin of Boulder, who reportedly gave $200,000; Susan Routt of Boulder ($75,000); and a California company that contributed $50,000. Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reportedly
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Adverb
  • Neff's blood alcohol content was allegedly more than twice the legal limit following the crash.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Officials said the migrants are from Senegal, Mali and Guinea and were busted for allegedly selling counterfeit items in the area.
    Greg Norman , Alexis McAdams , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Generally, what happens to the White House’s trash is secret—at least as of 2018, which was apparently the last time the federal government released any information on where Oval Office garbage goes.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The Lollapalooza show, the group says, was apparently manifested by the guitarist Parkinson.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • In 2023, wearing baggy jeans, a fleece vest, and a baseball cap, he was photographed at a gas station filling up his truck and then eating a sandwich in the cab, purportedly a chicken one.
    Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The footage, obtained by French broadcaster BFMTV, purportedly shows what has been called one of the most brazen art thefts in recent memory.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The tank, introduced in 1980, reputedly performs poorly in rain and fog, and is vulnerable to cheap hobby drones fitted with explosive charges.
    Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Chanel was reputedly a fan of the salon’s hot chocolate and its famous pastry, the Mont-Blanc: meringue topped with a dome of chestnut-purée vermicelli, said to have been inspired by hairstyles of the Belle Époque.
    Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • American leaders should not hesitate to rein in Taiwan’s evidently reckless leader, perhaps with a private warning.
    Lyle Goldstein, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Since the skirt was so evidently the outfit's statement piece, Biles simply paired it with a form-fitting, white long sleeve and white, knee-high boots.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Among the 65 submissions was one that detailed the discovery of a 1930s-era oil can from Fresno that was supposedly uncovered at SDSU during an on-campus building project.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • To break the encryption would mean finding a fast solution to these supposedly infeasible problems, an act that would overturn a foundational assumption of modern math.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • As Monaco ramped up the second-half pressure, with Spurs seemingly having no answer for the pace and fervour with which the Ligue 1 side attacked Frank’s defence from all angles, Netherlands international Teze looked set to break the deadlock.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Citing climate change concerns and the melting ice sheet, Greenland implemented a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in 2021—seemingly bringing all oil dreams to an end—but the government agreed that White Flame’s licenses were grandfathered and remained valid.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Reportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reportedly. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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