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supposedly

[suh-poh-zid-lee] / səˈpoʊ zɪd li /


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Given how important this goal is, supposedly, we should ask whether competitive imbalance really is a problem for Major League Baseball.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

They have had four different managers in recent seasons and all of them left the club quickly, poached away to supposedly bigger things, only to fail.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Notably, neither scavengers nor flies that fed on the supposedly poisoned carcasses have perished -- creatures that typically succumb after consuming poisoned animals.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

This is a remix of the lecture supposedly spoiled millennials, who refused to sacrifice every small pleasure on the altar of homeownership, heard for years about $7 lattes.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

Enter Sosin, with his supposedly new and improved interest rate swap model—even though Drexel Burnham was not at the time a market leader in interest rate swaps.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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