as in apparently
to all outward appearances
she's supposedly too sick to come—or so she says
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Recent Examples of supposedly
Separate maps, meanwhile, suggest that many of those lower-level sideline sections supposedly within Category 1 are actually being reserved for hospitality packages.
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Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Monday’s game offered yet another example of how the team that supposedly is ruining baseball is fattening the wallets of the league’s other 29 teams.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
The bill’s supporters frame it as a blow against overregulation, viewing it as a necessary bulwark against (supposedly) overreaching state animal welfare standards like Question 3.
—John Cleveland, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Plenty of developments are alarming right now, even as America is supposedly becoming great again.
—Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
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Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Monday’s game offered yet another example of how the team that supposedly is ruining baseball is fattening the wallets of the league’s other 29 teams.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
The bill’s supporters frame it as a blow against overregulation, viewing it as a necessary bulwark against (supposedly) overreaching state animal welfare standards like Question 3.
—John Cleveland, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Plenty of developments are alarming right now, even as America is supposedly becoming great again.
—Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposedly
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In May, 2016, the slammer who had taught Garrison, Jeffrey Derouselle, was shot to death, apparently over an unrelated matter.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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One of the vehicles apparently also slammed into the rear of a parked silver BMW, damaging it, as well.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Alex Cooper asked Alix Earle what’s the beef between them after Earle had seemingly been reposting and commenting on shady videos about her for some time.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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The letter writer resented that a friend’s teenage son was uncommunicative, seemingly rude and wore headphones at joint family dinners.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Rollins is running for a job in justice, ostensibly to uphold the law and hold lawbreakers accountable.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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While the video is ostensibly about a quirky apple snack True whips up for her mom, the real showstopper is True’s surprisingly strong opinions on junk food.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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But the big truck is evidently now emblematic of America and must be accepted by our trading partners, regardless of whether there’s customer demand.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Mitchell’s performance thus far at both Rockingham and Daytona, combined with his overall lack of racing experience, was evidently enough for NASCAR officials to deny him entry into the O’Reilly Series race at Talladega.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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This would presumably mean claiming responsibility for staging the accidents—and asserting that Motta and Alfortish had believed the cases to be legitimate.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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But the thing is, presumably not being married would still leave her with nothing, and a bad prenup seems like a sign of deeper equity problems.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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Grocery prices will probably be a bit higher.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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In all fairness, the intense focus on all of this over the past three years probably has made the play, which was a courageous piece to write in 2023, feel less fresh.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposedly. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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