reputedly

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Local resident Ian Bishop, described by Miller as a “man of mystery,” reputedly uses water from his well.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 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

Other lots included a microphone reputedly used by Churchill on VE Day to announce the end of World War Two, which sold for £11,500, plus buyer's premium.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024

“A sure sign of changing times,” Mr. Chatterjee reputedly admitted from his balcony.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri