purported
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He had presented fake invoices that purported to be written in 1976 - but forensics found they were made using printing methods invented in 2001.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Niemi would not answer a question about his source for the purported data, or any other follow-up questions by phone or email.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
He didn’t recall his own prior role in Unity, forming the company, or the purported fraud, which involved inflating the value of flipped mineral acreage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
The evidence submitted by the applicants includes online articles posted on what purported to be genuine news websites.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Then he read the purported year of the bottle’s nativity and softly repeated his first words.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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