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Recent Examples of reputedly
His stepmother was a Swanson, an heir to the frozen-dinner fortune; his father was an ambassador under Ronald Reagan (and reputedly had ties to the C.I.A.).
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Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
The tether stablecoin, a cryptocurrency designed to maintain parity with the US dollar and reputedly backed by dollar reserves (although there are questions regarding the composition of those reserves) has lost its peg and at the time of writing trades for 99 cents a unit.
—Gian M. Volpicelli, WIRED, 17 June 2022
In 1791, George Washington reputedly attended some sort of gathering in the sunny 17-by-30-foot ballroom that is now Aldous Bertram’s Charleston apartment.
—Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
In its day, Emmanuelle spawned a string of sequels, each reputedly worse than its predecessors, while star Sylvia Kristel became so immediately famous for taking off her clothes that the expectation blighted her entire career.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
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Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
The tether stablecoin, a cryptocurrency designed to maintain parity with the US dollar and reputedly backed by dollar reserves (although there are questions regarding the composition of those reserves) has lost its peg and at the time of writing trades for 99 cents a unit.
—Gian M. Volpicelli, WIRED, 17 June 2022
In 1791, George Washington reputedly attended some sort of gathering in the sunny 17-by-30-foot ballroom that is now Aldous Bertram’s Charleston apartment.
—Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
In its day, Emmanuelle spawned a string of sequels, each reputedly worse than its predecessors, while star Sylvia Kristel became so immediately famous for taking off her clothes that the expectation blighted her entire career.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reputedly
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In Bove’s memo, however, the federal official reportedly said laws and actions threatening the executive branch’s immigration initiatives also put public safety and national security at risk.—
Ray Lewis,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Jan. 2025
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Florida man Daniel Charles Ball was picked up on gun charges just a day after being set free from a Washington D.C. jail, according to Spectrum Bay News 9 in Tampa, and reportedly had previous brushes with the law.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan. 2025
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But during Super Bowl LIX, and with President Donald Trump apparently planning to attend on Sunday, the NFL might be making another kind of statement on the Caesars Superdome field itself.—
Jeremy Engle,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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Christy Merrick, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Siri needs a facelift Apple has apparently been riding the do-nothing train for 14 years.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2025
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Mexico emerged as a significant source of traffic, purportedly driving 39 million users to the adult website in December 2024.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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While the full text of the order was not posted online on Monday afternoon, the White House website did summarize the underlying philosophy, which is purportedly to shield women.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2025
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This tax charity for the rich is not merely a matter of increasing the national debt — although the supposedly fiscally responsible Republicans ballooned the deficit in Trump’s first term and it is estimated that extending the cuts would increase the debt by $4.6 trillion over 10 years.—
John A. Ragosta,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Feb. 2025
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The reporters of our media are supposedly exhausted by the frenetic pace of Trump’s presidency.—
Paul Bedard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
1 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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Anderson was killed in a seemingly unrelated shooting in 1998.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Witnesses reported seeing the fire start under an Edison transmission tower in Eaton Canyon; video and photos also show the conflagration’s early moments seemingly under the electrical tower.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
28 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 is probably better answered by fortune tellers and movie makers.—
Chris Boudreau,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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Oaks are probably our best types locally, followed by pecans.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Reputedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reputedly. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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