purportedly
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“For example, Mailyan billed over $200,000 for purportedly providing Botox services to patients in California when she was actually relaxing on the beach in Cabo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The amount purportedly stolen is four times the sum that the same hackers -- according to the FBI -- siphoned from the platform Bybit in February 2025.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The company is working on a locketlike Muse device that hangs on a necklace or keychain and will, purportedly, let you talk to your Muse when doing so via your phone is too much work.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Many of the AI generated images have been centred on the Irish counties of Limerick and Wexford, where shaky videos purportedly showed the character wandering through the streets, causing alarm and confusion among residents.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
We all went home for Christmas break—even purportedly homeless Alaska.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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