purported

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“Kevin Juin solicited more than $2 million in purported loans to invest in a lingerie company, while funneling the money to personal accounts to fund a luxurious lifestyle,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Bonita, longing to know her mother more deeply, follows the stranger from one site of her mother’s purported past to another.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The exam board has also warned students that many purported exam paper leaks being shared on social media are fake, designed to exploit the exam stress students and their families are under.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Many veterans, Byrnes said, have also expressed serious concern about the war, even if they’re not fundamentally opposed to its purported aims.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Given its long miscegenation history—begun when Jan Van Riebeeck and his men, the first whites to settle South Africa, arrived in 1652 without wives—the city was purported to be a most liberal place.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane