supposedly

Example Sentences

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Previous military ruler Ne Win changed the rules of the road, requiring vehicles to swap driving lanes -- supposedly the result of misconstrued astrological advice to shift his left-wing regime to the political right.

From Barron's

Writing about the U.N. deliberations on Iraq, Will gushed over Secretary of State Colin Powell’s supposedly sober, masterly and “unhistrionic” presentation.

From Salon

It doesn’t make sense to divide finance into one set of seemingly safe activities that we call banking and another set of other supposedly risky activities.

From Barron's

Anthropic had tested a vending machine powered by its Claude AI model in its own offices and asked whether we’d like to be the first outsiders to try a newer, supposedly smarter version.

From The Wall Street Journal

This meant that dozens of supposedly “active” operations were dormant throughout most of the year.

From Salon