purport
Example Sentences
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Musk began around May 2022 to tweet about Twitter's purported issues with fake accounts, or "bots," and said the deal was "on hold" before announcing he wanted out of the deal entirely.
From BBC
“To have purported agents, gentleman in street clothes, executing an arrest, failing to identify themselves, not having previously announced themselves and asking the judge’s permission to take action in the courtroom is extraordinary,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
In some cases, they’re spending over $1,000 a month on capsules, powders and injections that purport to improve sleep, fertility, longevity and more, but often aren’t approved for those purposes.
The same patchwork of state mandates that purports to make AI safer is guaranteeing we learn less about the systems being deployed, not more.
“Cipriani did not come to Court to enforce some purported oral agreement. He came to complete a shakedown,” Shell said in his counterclaim.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
