purported

Example Sentences

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The president got two things out of this purported settlement.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Department of Homeland Security agent admitted the women had not actually published the purported victim’s address.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

When the vessel arrived in August, it needed repairs and its purported owners, Ahmed al-Masri and Semra al-Masri, were handling matters with the local shipping agent, an industry source said.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 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

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