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verb

past tense of allege

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of alleged
Adjective
The alleged incident in question took place two years ago. Emily Olsen, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025 The ‘punishment office’ People suing UNCSA are not the only ones who say many on campus in the 1980s knew about Shipps’ alleged behavior. Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
The charge was dismissed last July after Baldwin's attorneys alleged prosecutors had buried evidence. Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024 After the argument, police alleged that Thompson pulled out a gun and shot several times, hitting Montgomery in the chest and torso before leaving. Fox19 Digital Staff, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for alleged 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alleged
Verb
  • White and McGregor have insisted the former will return to the Octagon in 2025, but perhaps this fight with Jake or Logan could precede his return to the UFC.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the House, a majority of Democrats voted against the bill after House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on adding the provision to ban transgender medical care for children.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Too many supposed leaders have become environmental mercenaries who desire to avoid any blowback in pushing for regulatory changes that impede the financial prospects of themselves or their organizations.
    Gerald Winegrad, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The second unit outscored Memphis’ bench 52-45, further undercutting the Grizzlies’ supposed depth advantage.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Third Down Conversions Another area where the first-round winners asserted their dominance was on third-down conversions.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the end, Myanmar's reform project did not fail, as some have asserted, but was brutally derailed.
    Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • In essence, the memo contended that the plaintiffs' request to block the new enforcement policy is based on speculation of hypothetical future harm — and thus is insufficient grounds for issuing an injunction.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Using these insights, the group of industry actors developed some hypothetical concepts to tackle the systemic barriers knee-capping circularity.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Carter’s press secretary Jody Powell contended that journalistic attack dogs foamed at the mouth.
    Amber Roessner / Made by History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Attorneys for the city contended that the Municipal Court's recording practices do not violate the state law and that Legal Action of Wisconsin was trying to expand the scope of the law to include recording more hearings than required.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • And the exploitation of the total resource, including unproved but technically recoverable resources, is fairly low, less than 2% per year.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • During the 2020 wildfires in Oregon, for example, armed men hampered firefighting, fueled by unproved rumors that antifa had set the fires.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Throw in an unprotected first-round pick in 2031, and that’s a lot of draft capital for an unproven big man who hasn’t played much in the NBA.
    Zach Harper, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Bondi endorsed Trump in his 2016 presidential election, supported some of his unproven claims about Pennsylvania’s 2020 election, and served as Trump’s defense lawyer during his first impeachment trial.
    Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Idahoans United said details in the financial statement — including mention of the state’s $850 million annual Medicaid budget — are misleading and speculative.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The precise modeling of potential gains and losses for such speculative investments is basically impossible.
    Vineer Bhansali, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Alleged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alleged. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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