reputedly
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A Royal Navy admiral, William Sidney Smith, was an early endorser, reputedly calling it “the most delicious breakfast-table accompaniment.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Magician John Henry Anderson died in 1874, the same year Harry Houdini was born - yet despite the two never meeting, Anderson was reputedly among the legendary escapologist's greatest inspirations.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025
It’s where the padres of the San Gabriel mission lived for a time, and it’s reputedly where the first orange seedlings in California were planted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
Of the roughly 20 million books in Harvard University’s libraries, one has long exerted a unique dark fascination, not for its contents, but for the material it was reputedly bound in: human skin.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
The Golden Company was reputedly the finest of the free companies, founded a century ago by Bittersteel, a bastard son of Aegon the Unworthy.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
