purported
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“Frankly, that wasn’t as good as an investment grade company that purported strong value, great response to our concerns of what it took to operate,” Di Piazza says.
The family of late tech entrepreneur Tony Hsieh filed a formal objection Monday to a purported will of mysterious origin that surfaced earlier this year.
The restrictions also don’t advance the government’s purported interest in preventing corruption.
The purported weapons used in some of the cases have only fueled skepticism: A District of Columbia man was charged for throwing a Subway sandwich.
From Los Angeles Times
When England toured Australia later that year, captain Ivo Bligh was given a small terracotta urn purported to contain the ashes of a burnt wooden bail.
From Barron's
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