How to Use purportedly in a Sentence

purportedly

adverb

• Fans who cannot make Sept. 9 are gonna have to eat the cost of their tickets, this for a band that is purportedly earning $1.5M-$3M per night.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
• The video then purportedly shows Anthony letting go of Brown, who picks up the bag and heads for the exit.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 May 2023
• The compact gadget warms from the top, which ensures that each new wipe is warm and also purportedly doesn’t dry out the wipes.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 4 Aug. 2023
• The truck purportedly showed the names of students in groups that allegedly signed on to the pro-Palestinian letter.
  — Selina Wang, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• As part of the scheme, the tax returns falsely claimed that IRS and the state tax agencies had withheld large amounts of income tax from the trusts that purportedly filed the returns.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 24 Feb. 2023
• The latter Tom purportedly sends it to all his friends during the holidays.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 27 Jan. 2023
• But when their partners start asking questions about the trio’s trip to visit a purportedly sick Stanicky the ruse appears to be up.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2024
• OnePlus’ second-gen watch will purportedly get up to 100 hours on a single charge.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 26 Feb. 2024
• The budget the group’s board of directors approved the day before the call features drastic cuts that would purportedly shrink that deficit to just $2.3 million.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 17 May 2023
• The blog post appears to be no longer online, but Urlacher’s lawyers shared images purportedly showing the post in court filings.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
• But the teaching of Black history is now imperiled in nearly half of the dozen states that purportedly require it, King said.
  — Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
• Made just as home video was taking off, Faces had the conceit of a pathologist exploring gruesome ways to die via footage purportedly culled from around the world.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2023
• Take the makeup pouch purportedly offered by Chanel Beauty as a thank you to certain customers that was pictured on one of the brand’s makeup counters.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
• Dealing with the rise and grind of it all has fueled a number of workplace trends, with Gen Z purportedly at the helm, from the anti-work movement and lying flat to quiet quitting.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2023
• The pair are enacting a drama that is also purportedly the real, present-tense story of their lives.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2022
• Pierre purportedly told the teen that Combs would love to meet her, and called Combs on his phone so the music mogul could personally invite her on an impromptu trip to New York aboard a private jet.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
• The auditors focussed on two bank accounts in the Philippines, which purportedly held the missing two billion euros.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
• On April 19, Chaudhry filed video evidence purportedly showing the alleged victim unharmed in the hours after the dispute.
  — Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• The two broadcasters, purportedly anchors for a news outlet called Wolf News, are not real people.
  — Paul Mozur, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• The Crown of Thorns, which Jesus purportedly wore during his crucifixion, was saved.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
• The stakes could potentially run into the billions of dollars because Puech, who isn’t known to have children, purportedly owns about 5.7% of Hermes.
  — Tara Patel, Fortune Europe, 19 Dec. 2023
• The decision from the Supreme Court abandons that premise in favor of a purportedly color-blind approach to college admissions.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2023
• As The Wrap notes, the yet-untitled documentary, which just got the green light, will purportedly examine the highs and lows of boy band superstardom, as well as the era these groups helped define.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
• The drone later was seen purportedly taking off from a runway at an unknown location.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2023
• People near the area were purportedly being told to leave as reports emerged of some buildings in the vicinity of the complex being detonated.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2024
• Both sides have, over generations, seen the emergence of armed factions purportedly doing God’s will by ridding the country of the other people.
  — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
• The pair handed McGoldrick the child's birth certificate as well as a note purportedly written by Holly's father, Dean, revoking custody of the girl.
  — Cristina Corbin, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
• One business billed the state thousands, purportedly to treat a 4-year-old for alcohol addiction.
  — Jack Healy, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• The allegations were based on images purportedly from Booking.com that featured Navalnaya’s and Grozev’s names.
  — David Gilbert, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2024
• More than 40 people contributed to the GoFundMe campaign to cover funeral expenses for the father and daughter purportedly killed in the hit-and-run.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024