supposedly
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Swiping through a dozen or so brightly colored cards, I’m told, in what supposedly constitutes a “framework shift”: “You have a good kid.”
From Slate • May 10, 2026
That’s because inflation is the silent killer of investments — and those keeping their money in short-term and supposedly “safe” cash and short-term accounts are right in its path.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
The writer bashes imaginary feminists who supposedly tell women that caring about appearance is “some kind of intellectual failure.”
From Salon • May 8, 2026
That philosophy is a lively rejoinder to the notion of a bucket list, that neat inventory of goals and destinations that one supposedly ticks off with businesslike efficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
They used to feed Christians to the lions, and now Adah uses that phrase ironically, referring to how I supposedly left her to be eaten up on the path.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing supposedly
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