as in allegedly
according to what has been said
—used to indicate what has been said or reported
The medication's side effects are reportedly few and mild. They reportedly stole one million dollars.
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Recent Examples of reportedly
The slide came as Nvidia’s billionaire cofounder Jensen Huang reportedly arrived in China’s tech hub Shenzhen for a visit.
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Yue Wang, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The massive estate, reportedly snapped up by casino tycoon Steve Wynn, sold for a record $108 million in the Centennial State with Red Mountain views.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
Neuralink’s first human patient has reportedly been able to use his BCI to play online video games and chess.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
But that doesn’t necessarily lessen the sting that the organization failed to land Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki, who reportedly narrowed his finalists this week to the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Yue Wang, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The massive estate, reportedly snapped up by casino tycoon Steve Wynn, sold for a record $108 million in the Centennial State with Red Mountain views.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
Neuralink’s first human patient has reportedly been able to use his BCI to play online video games and chess.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
But that doesn’t necessarily lessen the sting that the organization failed to land Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki, who reportedly narrowed his finalists this week to the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reportedly
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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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And a letter, purportedly written by Erik Menendez to his cousin, Andy Cano, eight months before the murders, could support some of the latter's trial testimony about Jose Menendez.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
18 Jan. 2025
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In 2018, then-President Trump signed a right-to-try law that purportedly gave victims of terminal diseases access to experimental treatments that might save them.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
17 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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The old ayatollah’s project has evidently run aground—and Iran’s pragmatists have fresh wind in their sails.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Many were left in tears by what De La Rosa chose to pack, as some of the items evidently have sentimental value.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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The supposedly authentic foreign experience is perhaps a sense of life untainted by the influence of global brands.—
Alex C. Park,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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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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The movie, which will have its European premiere at the fest, revolves around a young father whose hold on reality crumbles as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him following the death of his wife.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
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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