supposedly

Example Sentences

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It’s this weird thing you can’t quite figure out but somehow it has a lot of money and then it’s an event space, supposedly billed as that.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

But cybersecurity stocks are also showing signs of life as investors re-evaluate whether artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic’s supposedly super-capable Mythos AI is a good or bad thing for the sector.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Suspicion also falls on the married owner of the Sahara, who was secretly in love with Zakia, and the dead woman’s boyfriend, who is arrested on evidence of a threatening letter supposedly written by him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The heavy buying of shares by those supposedly in the know is something many investors follow.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 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