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Recent Examples of purportedly
But in Kier, the fictional town where the show’s action takes place, just five months have purportedly passed since the events of the Season 1 finale.
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Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Set in 1806, the film follows a Russian military officer (Anton Walbrook) who seeks to learn the secret of a countess (Edith Evans) who purportedly sold her soul in exchange for learning the secret to winning high-stakes card games.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
The video purportedly showing two fire tornadoes in California began spreading amid the disaster, but the footage originated months earlier in Wyoming, local officials said.
—Katie Smith, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
The dish is sometimes made with whole chickens broken into 12 pieces—purportedly to honor Jesus’s apostles—though many restaurants opt for the convenience of drumsticks.
—Lenore T. Adkins, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Set in 1806, the film follows a Russian military officer (Anton Walbrook) who seeks to learn the secret of a countess (Edith Evans) who purportedly sold her soul in exchange for learning the secret to winning high-stakes card games.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
The video purportedly showing two fire tornadoes in California began spreading amid the disaster, but the footage originated months earlier in Wyoming, local officials said.
—Katie Smith, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
The dish is sometimes made with whole chickens broken into 12 pieces—purportedly to honor Jesus’s apostles—though many restaurants opt for the convenience of drumsticks.
—Lenore T. Adkins, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purportedly
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Nevertheless, she’s missed the connection slated to take her farther west, over the mountains to a place called Crooks Springs, where her husband is supposedly living, but possibly not waiting.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Indeed, following the October 7 attacks, the Islamist militias in Southern Lebanon rained rockets and artillery down on Israeli territory from areas supposedly under UNIFIL control.—
The Editors,
National Review,
9 Jan. 2025
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In their five years of knowing each other, this is the first time that Johnny Mac has been invited over to Thadeus’s apartment—though that, apparently, had not been enough to move Thadeus’s housekeeping hand.—
Han Ong,
The New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2025
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Donald Trump and Mike Pence Shake Hands During First Interaction in Nearly 4 Years Pence also addressed his wife Karen, 68, apparently staring straight ahead and declining to acknowledge Trump and Melania in a seemingly tense moment that was caught on tape.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
12 Jan. 2025
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But that doesn’t necessarily lessen the sting that the organization failed to land Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki, who reportedly narrowed his finalists this week to the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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Neuralink’s first human patient has reportedly been able to use his BCI to play online video games and chess.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
16 Jan. 2025
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Their agreeing to interfere came right after Trump spoke by phone with Alito, ostensibly about an applicant for an agency general counsel position that had been an Alito clerk.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2025
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December ostensibly marked a return to a more stable labor market after Southeast hurricanes and worker strikes hammered employment totals in October, leading to higher-than-normal payroll gains the following month.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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This sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic substitutes the brother emperors Caracalla and Geta for the original’s Commodus, modeling them not only on him, but on a host of Rome’s other reputedly bloodthirsty despots like Caligula, Nero, and Domitian.—
Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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There is the scary modernist Schoenberg — inventor of the 12-tone system, replacing traditional harmony with the democratic notion that all notes are equal — who reputedly drives audiences away.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Dec. 2024
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The old ayatollah’s project has evidently run aground—and Iran’s pragmatists have fresh wind in their sails.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Many were left in tears by what De La Rosa chose to pack, as some of the items evidently have sentimental value.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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The video features the Joy-Con seemingly snapping to a cover as though attracted by a magnetic force.—
Ash Parrish,
The Verge,
16 Jan. 2025
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Even as seemingly innocuous a ban as the one the FDA is now instituting could face legal challenges from manufacturers.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Purportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purportedly. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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