reputedly

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Recent Examples of reputedly 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 Here, traffickers reputedly formed close business ties with senior military officials, who used their outsize influence to ensure drug shipments entered and exited the state without incident. Tom Woods, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2016 Like other American newspapers of the 19th century, ours was filled with advertisements and testimonials for tonics and elixirs that could reputedly cure any illness. Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Nov. 2024 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.). Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for reputedly
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Adverb
  • Amal, 47, reportedly gave legal advice in a war crimes case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the war in Gaza, according to the Financial Times.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025
  • The Italian Ferretti Group was the setting for a spy-vs-spy scenario that reportedly included private detectives shadowing an executive of the Italian builder’s primary Chinese investor and recording devices hidden in several offices, according to Bloomberg.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 9 June 2025
Adverb
  • With Barcelona apparently closing in on signing Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia, a familiar situation is looming at the new Spanish champions.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 6 June 2025
  • Advertisement Advertisement Musk apparently believed that his wealth insulated him, but that was misguided.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 6 June 2025
Adverb
  • Surveillance footage of the incident circulated by Telegram channels linked to Russian law enforcement agencies purportedly showed the moment Gurtsiyev was caught up in the blast.
    Isabel van Brugen Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
  • LeBlanc would turn in purportedly genuine invoices for postal service expenses, and clerks would issue money orders, the news release said.
    Sara Schilling, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
Adverb
  • The tomb of Charles Feltman, a restaurateur who supposedly invented the hot dog, is nicer than my apartment.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
  • Finding sand in your supposedly clean laundry is another sign.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
Adverb
  • Upon his passing, his cottage was sold, the new owners discovering a secret compartment in the basement, evidently designed to store the tools of a spy’s trade.
    Iain Macauley, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • That said, the regulars marked with the red paint evidently learned a bit better through trial and error, achieving their goal about 52 percent of the time.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 June 2025
Adverb
  • The case was filed at a moment when major toy corporations, like Hasbro and Mattel, were standing pat, seemingly wary of confronting the White House.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • Last week, Jane cried throughout her testimony, leaving the witness box in tears after recounting a seemingly never-ending freak-off during what was supposed to be a romantic, one-on-one birthday celebration with Combs in 2023.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Adverb
  • Musk and Trump, ostensibly political allies over cuts to federal spending, publicly clashed on June 5 in a series of social media exchanges and comments to reporters.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
  • Told backwards, the film ostensibly guides us through the painful and rewarding life of everyman Chuck Krantz (played by Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, and Benjamin Pajak at different points in the film).
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 June 2025
Adverb
  • Wickham says, over the past year, she's probably spent 200 hours planning.
    Mia Venkat, NPR, 31 May 2025
  • However, the end of the conversation was probably the headline – that Amodei refused to rule out AI becoming self-aware in key ways.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025

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“Reputedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reputedly. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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