purportedly
Example Sentences
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The message, purportedly from the North Korea athletics association's general secretary, thanked "all the Elite Marathoners and Amateur Runners of the world who are interested in Pyongyang International Marathon".
From BBC
Unverified night-time footage has emerged purportedly showing the ship ablaze after the attack on Tuesday.
From BBC
Unverified footage has also emerged purportedly showing a peaceful sit-in protest at the capital's Beheshti University.
From BBC
Thousands of these subscribers were already deceased at the time they were purportedly enrolled in the program.
It dug into the fraud that purportedly precedes the fleecing of U.S. antipoverty programs.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
