reputedly

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His call sign, "IKE", is reputedly short for "I Know Everything", a nod to his three master's degrees in flight test engineering, systems engineering and military operational art and science.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 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

There is the scary modernist Schoenberg — inventor of the 12-tone system, replacing traditional harmony with the democratic notion that all notes are equal — who reputedly drives audiences away.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 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

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

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri