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 two will reportedly skip the royal family’s Easter service.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2026
Schussboomer was reportedly scrapped after the 1984 season, and dolphin shows ended after 1996 following animal rights campaigns.
—Abbey Briscoe, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Character artists were reportedly approaching the director simply to be included as background devotees.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
The teen reportedly admitted to investigators that his former teacher had picked him up and driven him to a nearby neighborhood.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2026
Schussboomer was reportedly scrapped after the 1984 season, and dolphin shows ended after 1996 following animal rights campaigns.
—Abbey Briscoe, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Character artists were reportedly approaching the director simply to be included as background devotees.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
The teen reportedly admitted to investigators that his former teacher had picked him up and driven him to a nearby neighborhood.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reportedly
Adverb
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The Burbank Police Department arrested a woman who allegedly ignited a fire at a local Target last Sunday.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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According to Sadriu, officers learned that Cupe was allegedly assaulting a woman in the park when a bystander intervened in an effort to stop the assault.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Even at an early age, apparently, the patient had a few small, smooth, normal patches of skin; some had stayed the same size, but others had grown and spread.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Granville Suite, once military reception rooms, is named after Christine Granville, rumored lover of Ian Fleming and apparently Churchill’s favorite spy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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There are six of them, but only two are still in use, and the one where the restaurant was purportedly located is not one of them.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Many of them took the opportunity to clear their name or promote or purportedly launch their own chocolatey treats.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The fire killed almost every tree in this section of the Redwood Mountain Grove in Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, reputedly the world’s largest stand of sequoias.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Their argument, which seems to have partially swayed the judge, cast doubt on the prevailing narrative and instead characterized the shooting as a response to the gang rival reputedly reaching into a tan backpack for a gun.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Markström, evidently unhappy at Shesterkin pushing Cotter, skated down the ice and asked Shesterkin to fight.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Zuck evidently can’t grow a beard, but Ezra Klein and Senator Chris Murphy have.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Our military bases in the region, Margaret, right now are supposedly uninhabitable.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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In Huerta’s case, critics just don’t buy how someone who carried Chávez’s torch decades after his death could all of a sudden supposedly turn on him.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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After that, Johnson was seemingly out of the jam, but the pop-up dropped and two more runs scored.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
31 Mar. 2026
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In Tennessee, bills moving through the legislature would allow public schools to refuse to enroll undocumented students, seemingly in violation of Plyer.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Reportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reportedly. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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