reputedly

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He invested in and then reputedly conned the 1980s rich-kids “Billionaire Boys Club” private-school students’ investment group.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

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

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

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

He was also, reputedly, an early enthusiast for the Copernican model, although he published nothing on the subject himself.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin