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verb

past tense of purport

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Recent Examples of purported
Adjective
Mostly grown for its purported medicinal powers, the plant itself has an unassuming appearance. Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2022 Two days later, more than 100 Oath Keepers met on a video call to plan their first trip to Washington for the Million MAGA March later that month, where thousands gathered to protest purported election fraud. Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
Verb
For instance, an individual became involved with a seemingly reputable Telegram crypto trading channel, which purported to offer guidance on trading Ethereum and utilizing a new trading platform. Becca Bratcher, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 The debunked theory connecting autism and childhood vaccines first garnered major attention in 1998, when a paper published in a British medical journal purported to find a link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism. Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for purported 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purported
Adjective
  • These were accompanied by supposed paper records confirming it to be thorium and uranium.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2025
  • His supposed final chapter with the Jets would end with one year lost to injury and then a four- or five-win season.
    Chris Branch, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Seinfeld was clearly teasing, but sure enough, several headlines reported it as gospel with perhaps a mention three paragraphs in that it was intended to be humorous.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
  • According to the complaint, there was no indication that the victim intended to meet anyone underage.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • To that end, although the complaint references alleged text messages from Bayless, the more explosive and damning allegations are told through Faraji’s recollections.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Just days before the vote, the complaint alleged, the employee in the auditor’s office violated ethics laws by sharing confidential information that portrayed the ambulance service negatively.
    Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Kuzma was posed that hypothetical Sunday night, after the loss to the Kings.
    Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The vast majority of cosmologists believe all of these phenomena can be explained through the presence of dark matter, a hypothetical form of matter that is massive, electrically neutral and hardly, if ever, interacts with normal matter.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The volatility cap is working as planned and will, over time, prove even more beneficial to this State.
    Len Fasano, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The inauguration of the president-elect will now go on as planned.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But the possible consequences of an Iranian nuclear capability are largely conjectural (save for one: nobody would think of invading Iran anymore).
    Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2010
  • That statistic is somewhat conjectural, since the vast majority of rapes in India are apparently not reported.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
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

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“Purported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purported. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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