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

We must remember, though, that Mr. Gonzalez is under orders from that mysterious tycooness, the reputedly brilliant and learned Mrs. Levy, to treat Miss Trixie well and to make her feel active and wanted.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole