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
Young Scooter, the Atlanta rapper signed to Future and Waka Flocka Flame, has reportedly died on the same day as his birthday.
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The two sides, Guerrero and Toronto, are reportedly still a long way apart on contract negotiations, but things could change when the superstar hits free agency.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Elvis was a big fan of mixing and matching items, but reportedly, this $10,000 matching tuxedo (actually costing $2,500) was not his style.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Dozens of young people were reportedly running and screaming in the suburban neighborhood, the sheriff’s department said on social media.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The two sides, Guerrero and Toronto, are reportedly still a long way apart on contract negotiations, but things could change when the superstar hits free agency.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Elvis was a big fan of mixing and matching items, but reportedly, this $10,000 matching tuxedo (actually costing $2,500) was not his style.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Dozens of young people were reportedly running and screaming in the suburban neighborhood, the sheriff’s department said on social media.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reportedly
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He was apparently seen purchasing two bags of cement, a construction bucket, a box of heavy-duty trash bags, Clorox disinfectant spray and insect repellent with cash at a nearby Home Depot.—
Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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But those with the power to make peace a reality, apparently prefer to make war.—
TIME,
TIME,
23 Mar. 2025
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Weiss, 42, was charged with 14 counts of unauthorized computer access and 10 counts of identity theft after purportedly hacking thousands of accounts to download intimate photos and videos, according to an indictment filed in federal court Thursday.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Understanding the way that Trump replaces Judaism with Israel also helps explain why his actions that purportedly defend Jews do nothing of the sort.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
19 Mar. 2025
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Conrad Gessner, the sixteenth-century Swiss physician, naturalist, and linguist, and reputedly the first European to describe the guinea pig, the tulip, and the pencil, is also said to be the first to write extensively about the northern bald ibis.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 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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Promoting Tsunoda to the main squad seemed an obvious fix to the Perez problem, but Red Bull bosses Christian Horner and Helmut Marko evidently believed otherwise.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 Mar. 2025
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But last year, wielding power was evidently a drag on leaders’ popularity, for reasons apparently not rooted in the specifics of the politics of their countries.—
Moisés Naím,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2025
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Lorne Michaels, the creator of Saturday Night Live and the man most single-handedly responsible for O’Brien’s stardom, supposedly hated it.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2025
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This supposedly stands for 23 de Enero, a Caracas neighborhood known for crime.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The ongoing, seemingly relentless AI integration, has introduced a subtle but significant risk: agency decay.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Edwards missed the second frame after exiting the floor with a towel pressed against his face after seemingly getting poked in the eye.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Reportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reportedly. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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