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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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The song is supposedly about how corporations care more about profit than creativity but this song was made to be a commercial jingle, as this Quilted Northern commercial so aptly illustrates.—
SPIN Editors,
SPIN,
21 Jan. 2025
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In our current culture wars, the left gets accused of playing loose with language that is supposedly eternal and universal, distorting the meaning of words in order to suit its ideology.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2025
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The Mariners have the biggest need at first base, but don’t have the dough, apparently, to address it.—
Jim Bowden,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Stephanopoulos, though, is apparently sticking with ABC — at least for now — after the network's $15 million settlement involving his comments about President Donald Trump.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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State police noted that during two of their phone calls the woman reportedly agreed to Sulaiman’s request.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
16 Jan. 2025
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Edmonton is in the market to bolster its blue line and its reportedly leading the race to land a marquee free-agent defenseman.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Last season, Pressly struggled to adapt to a setup role behind Hader and, ostensibly, would prefer to close games.—
Sahadev Sharma,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Her story is mostly wrapped by the finale, but there is one scene of mother and daughter learning that they’ve been granted asylum and accepting an ostensibly paltry check for their troubles.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
24 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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Those four are evidently Flick’s favourites, but Barca have a wealth of other options, not least Frenkie de Jong.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Editor’s picks The World War II wordplay was evidently a bridge too far for Greenblatt after the ADL had gone to bat for Musk in a statement on the inauguration salute that was widely seen as an abdication of the nonprofit’s exact purpose.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hours before announcing their split, Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell were seemingly enjoying a couples' getaway in London.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Scanning a new Wikipedia tab can feel like turning on a faucet, using a resource that has seemingly always been there and dispensed evenly, almost magically, from the Internet pipes.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Purportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purportedly. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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