supposedly

Example Sentences

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“I mean, what is the purpose that they serve, other than speaking to other completely disconnected supposedly highbrow people that live in congested urban areas?”

From Salon

Brooks’ best guess is that perhaps as much as half of the supposedly shuttered-in crude is actually managing to escape one way or another.

From MarketWatch

Manchester United record scorer Wayne Rooney helped prove the fraudster's guilt - he examined a shirt supposedly signed by him which was purchased by Trading Standards, and confirmed it was illegitimate.

From BBC

When I went through all those aspects of the film with Theroux, he pointed out that there’s another, less visible layer I hadn’t mentioned — the film Scientology was supposedly making about him.

From Salon

It is unclear when the missiles were supposedly fired.

From BBC