putative
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Putative evidence of pre-LGM occupation comes from several sites in Mexico and South America, including Pedra Furada in northeastern Brazil.
From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2021
Putative off-target sites were evaluated using the primer pairs listed in Extended Data Table 1a.
From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017
Putative politico pranks Perry with palaver pertaining to pig pies.
From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2017
Neandertals show the same pattern: Putative Neandertal ancestors such as 400,000-year-old fossils in Spain have elongated, archaic skulls with specialized Neandertal traits in their faces.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 7, 2017
But we must distinguish between Command of the Sea and Sea Supremacy, and again between Potential Command, Putative Command and Absolute Command.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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