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putative

[pyoo-tuh-tiv] / ˈpyu tə tɪv /


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It may be a big week for the Federal Reserve as putative Chair Kevin Warsh will face a confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

Instead, the strategic calculation appears to have been that you can fold some of the groypers back into mainstream conservativism, but only by tiptoeing around the flaws of their putative leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Chiles’ putative concerns are, for a number of reasons, misleading, unreasonable, or some combination thereof.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2025

Perhaps the largest events were the Watergate scandal and Nixon’s resignation, a putative victory for democracy and constitutionalism.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

We listened vaguely to Our Father’s tale of the putative Mercedes truck.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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