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purportedly

[per-pawr-tid-lee] / pərˈpɔr tɪd li /




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Videos have emerged on social media purportedly showing explosions in the night skies in the Moscow region, and of a burning warehouse.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Back then, the nonprofit had crafted a large language model known as GPT-2, whose advanced text-generating abilities purportedly made it too dangerous for public consumption.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

Code Pink is purportedly funded by Neville Roy Singham, a Shanghai-based financier who has directed hundreds of millions of dollars into a global network of nonprofits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

All of the regimens surrounding Maddie and her illness are purportedly designed to be easily accessible for healthy, honest living.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

It fell to Ernest Lawrence, purportedly the only other witness to the conversation, to break the deadlock.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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