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Recent Examples of reputedly
This beautiful—and reputedly very haunted—hotel has been around since the 17th century and was originally a home for Cistercian monks before it was taken over by a wealthy merchant as his personal estate.
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Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026
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
But pro-Western Prime Minster Edi Rama – at 6 foot, 7 inches, reputedly the world’s tallest leader – is proving up to the task.
—The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2025
Title: Agrippina the Younger—namely, the Roman empress who was the fourth wife of the emperor Claudius and the mother of the next emperor, Nero, who reputedly arranged her assassination.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
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Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026
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
But pro-Western Prime Minster Edi Rama – at 6 foot, 7 inches, reputedly the world’s tallest leader – is proving up to the task.
—The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2025
Title: Agrippina the Younger—namely, the Roman empress who was the fourth wife of the emperor Claudius and the mother of the next emperor, Nero, who reputedly arranged her assassination.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reputedly
Adverb
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The quarantine order — issued under federal public health authority — was reportedly approved by Jay Bhattacharya, the acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Prior to being released, Timmy reportedly suffered from a severe skin condition due to being in low-salinity water for weeks and malnutrition.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
Adverb
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Becerra has forcefully denied wrongdoing, calling it a ‘gut punch’ that his advisors allegedly betrayed him.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Several individuals released pre-trial have gone on to allegedly commit violent crimes, like Alphanso Talley, who's accused of murdering Chicago Police Department Officer John Bartholomew.—
Adam Sabes , Michael Tobin,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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The ham, apparently, is not the only thing worth exporting from that region.—
Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Though, there is no archival footage of Moulin’s bloody crucible, and Nemes apparently had some interest in filming that.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
Adverb
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Meanwhile, investigators are trying to authenticate a document posted online that purportedly details the motivations of the gunmen.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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According to the lawsuit, DrugPlace worked with Community Health Initiative, an organization affiliated with the Church of God in Christ that purportedly helped church members obtain expensive prescription drugs at a reduced cost.—
Scott Zamost,Paige Tortorelli,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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Every generous gesture, every supposedly respectful question, every delicate expression of complete fixation becomes quietly infected by the growing understanding that Cole sees Māori humanity itself as something ornamental.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
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Even the artists whose work all this machinery is supposedly serving no longer have a reliable way to know what real audiences actually want, since whatever feedback reaches them may already have passed through the same apparatus built to distort that feedback in the first place.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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Far From the Tree, evidently likes to keep her dad active.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Plus, evidently there is no crime or corruption problem in Florida so Uthmeier has lots of free time to meddle in how sports leagues dare align on the side of equal opportunity.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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Importing higher-paying—and oftentimes higher-achieving—students benefits a school during boom times, when universities have seemingly infinite choice among applicants.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Pro wrestling fans have tried to grapple with Zayn seemingly being pushed out of the title picture.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
Adverb
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Global disaster shadowed this year’s Witten Days for New Chamber Music, an ostensibly insular contemporary-music festival that takes place each spring in the Ruhr Valley, in Germany.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Not to mention that, in the cabin, the only person doing the dishes and rinsing out everyone’s beer cans for the recycling was the ostensibly famous lead singer—the only woman, natch.—
Dan Kois,
Pitchfork,
17 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Reputedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reputedly. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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