How to Use reputedly in a Sentence
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Shores of Gold is reputedly 10 to 15 hours long, split across nine chapters, and adds a new island that’s set to be the largest in the game.
— Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 22 Apr. 2019 -
Ubisoft In any case, yes, Odyssey is reputedly set in Ancient Greece.
— Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 1 June 2018 -
Treated much like slaves in their first years in the U.S., the twins would now own and trade slaves themselves and, reputedly, even father children with their slaves.
— Yunte Huang, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018 -
Some speculate that it’s CBD gum, which is legal and reputedly can calm nerves and ease aches and pains.
— Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 7 Aug. 2020 -
But few of those released are as infamous as Bout with, reputedly, such blood on their hands.
— Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2022 -
In other words, the central Asian country is reputedly home to heaps of lithium.
— Simon Constable, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021 -
How could someone so reputedly smart do such stupid things?
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2022 -
The driest summer in decades has turned much of their reputedly green and pleasant land various shades of brown.
— Luke Vargas, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022 -
He is aided by Jonas Pierce (Peters), reputedly the world’s best maritime rights lawyer.
— John Hopewell, Variety, 22 Dec. 2021 -
One donor was reputedly surprised that Biden did not address Reade in his answer.
— Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2020 -
The ancient Greeks reputedly used egg sacs to bandage wounds, and New Guinean fishermen are known to have woven the webs of orb spiders into nets.
— Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2017 -
Thomas, reputedly the fastest player in college football, broke away from the Alabama defense and raced into the clear.
— Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2021 -
This remote outpost, roughly the size of Switzerland, is reputedly one of the world's largest river islands -- it's bordered on every side by the mighty Amazon.
— Lucy Sherriff, CNN, 23 Mar. 2022 -
Days later, the village was sacked, reputedly by the Cavalry.
— Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2018 -
The Buddha reputedly died, at age eighty, near what is today Kushinagar, in Uttar Pradesh.
— Paul Salopek, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2019 -
Gordon played the role of Denis Byrd (a character that de Palma reputedly based on himself).
— David Obuchowski, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2018 -
The breed, reputedly one of the world’s oldest equines, is known for its tranquil temperament, hardiness, and coat color that morphs from dark at birth to nearly white as an adult.
— Kimberley Lovato, National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2019 -
The original, said to be worth $1 million and reputedly the most valuable trophy in American sports, is brought to the course for one day only and is kept in the Baltimore Museum of Art.
— Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 19 May 2017 -
Nelsen's — whose founder reputedly drank a pint of bitters every day as a restorative and lived to be 90 — issues Bitters Club Certificates to anyone willing to knock back a shot.
— Kurt Chandler, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2017 -
The squadron even had its own patch, reputedly drawn by one of its members, Lt. Col. Chen Huai-sheng, and inspired by a local establishment frequented by the pilots.
— Brad Lendon, CNN, 10 Mar. 2023 -
The 6-foot-3 blocker did his job with an intensity that reputedly bordered on fury.
— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2021 -
Housed in a century-old church, the space was also reputedly beautiful.
— Julia Belluz, Vox, 18 Apr. 2018 -
Now, Nanite can reputedly import and use the highest-quality assets with no extra work.
— Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 13 May 2020 -
Its casino, owned by the local government, was founded in 1917, reputedly to help tease intelligence out of off-duty diplomats in the first world war.
— The Economist, 2 Jan. 2020 -
Rivers reputedly never has uttered a single profane word, no matter how badly the Chargers blocked for him.
— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2021 -
That is to say, hide them from reputedly the world's most effective intelligence outfit.
— Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 -
The one who reputedly killed newspapers' main revenue source, the classifieds.
— Claire Atkinson, NBC News, 12 June 2018 -
The village where the violence occurred, Koumaga, is reputedly home to some extremists linked to al-Qaeda.
— Washington Post, 24 June 2018 -
Musk restored Trump’s access on Nov. 18 after the informal poll reputedly showed that users favored the action.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022 -
The novel wasn't just controversial in America: It was also reputedly banned in Czarist Russia, which was in the process of ending its own system of serfdom.
— Joel Mathis, The Week, 22 Sep. 2022
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