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
Until July, stablecoins were largely unregulated, and the best known have become a mainstay of money laundering; some issuers, meanwhile, have diverted supposedly secure deposits into crypto Ponzi schemes.
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David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
The comfortable post-Cold War interlude — when markets seemed paramount and history had supposedly ended — has given way to a more raw and Hobbesian environment.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2025
This was when this 7-ton telescope was transported down to the Chilean desert to take 10,000 photographs of Mars that supposedly proved that the canals were real.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Or compliance that supposedly strengthened consumer protection but mostly just spiked payroll costs with lawyers.
—Rich Karlgaard, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
The comfortable post-Cold War interlude — when markets seemed paramount and history had supposedly ended — has given way to a more raw and Hobbesian environment.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2025
This was when this 7-ton telescope was transported down to the Chilean desert to take 10,000 photographs of Mars that supposedly proved that the canals were real.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Or compliance that supposedly strengthened consumer protection but mostly just spiked payroll costs with lawyers.
—Rich Karlgaard, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposedly
Adverb
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After the game, Padres manager Mike Shildt said a shin that apparently struck a camera was more of the concern.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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During the summit Friday, lunch was apparently cancelled.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
16 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Swift and Kelce famously started dating in the summer of 2023, and seemingly first confirmed their romance when Swift started popping up at his NFL games in September of that year.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The major inciting incident saw Carano sharing a post from another account that seemingly compared the treatment of conservatives in the U.S. during the COVID pandemic to that of Jewish people during Nazi-era Germany.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Despite the seemingly sweet resolution to their storyline (and an ostensibly upbeat last line of dialogue), there’s a strange undercurrent to the Nagisa and Natsuo segment that suggests foreboding as much as potential happiness — a mysterious tension befitting the creator that Miyake is adapting.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
17 Aug. 2025
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The series follows a group of recently deceased strangers who are ostensibly living in some version of Heaven, only to realize there's something off about their seemingly utopian new home.—
Tanya Melendez,
EW.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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During negotiations, the governor’s team evidently recognized its error and subsequently proposed no wage increase.—
Frank Ricci,
Hartford Courant,
10 Aug. 2025
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The benefits, the network evidently calculated, outweigh any potential backlash stemming from Gutfeld’s history of controversial jokes and remarks.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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That’s not necessarily a direct embodiment of human thinking per se, and more so, presumably, the indirect outcomes of human thinking.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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General manager Andrew Luck knows what is required to succeed and, presumably, would not have taken the job if Levin had given anti-football vibes.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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As for what was going through his mind — probably not much in that exact moment.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Mental health advisement via poetry is probably not the best route to go.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposedly. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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