How to Use purported in a Sentence

purported

adjective
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  • Schlyer also claimed to be the trustee of the purported trust.
    — Staff Report, Aurora Beacon-News, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Those looking for hope could find purported news of a whole host of Trek films and series in the works.
    — Sam Ferguson, Ars Technica, 19 May 2018
  • The Crown of Thorns is purported to be the one placed on the head of Jesus at his crucifixion.
    — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The Friday call, like most of these scam calls, purported to come from a local area code.
    — Richard Ruelas, azcentral, 21 Mar. 2020
  • The name comes from the creature’s purported habit of sucking the blood of goats and other livestock.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Update 9:25: Added a link to a purported video of the Galaxy Z Flip in action.
    — Michael Simon, PCWorld, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The purported deal would’ve been worth some $82 billion.
    — Jason Karaian, Quartz, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Soon, Backpage became the home for the ads the purported to offer escorts.
    — Richard Ruelas, azcentral, 9 Apr. 2018
  • In March, an employee from Watts’s firm emailed to say that one of their purported clients had died prior to the spill.
    — Francesca Mari, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Experts are unsure of what to make of the youngest Kim's purported absence.
    — Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 17 Apr. 2020
  • The truth is that, in the end, such purported betrayal of other women’s trust seems to have its cost.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Google Tivoli is the purported name of Google’s new service that would teach users how to speak a foreign language.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 17 June 2021
  • And the best way to do that is to put forward a plan for achieving Trump’s purported objectives.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 29 May 2017
  • The video has shots from a purported Chinese meat market.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 10 Mar. 2020
  • But a new report from Korea from a solid source gives us the purported event date.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 6 July 2021
  • For some, Trump presents their purported crime as simply not being nice to him.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 6 June 2019
  • In 2014, when a purported new heir turned up, Cook County stepped in and took control of Maier's estate.
    — Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Reader, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Pineda said three friends were with him at the residence and was concerned about the purported drug deal.
    — Glenn E. Rice, kansascity.com, 10 May 2017
  • This is the second data dump from the purported hacker.
    — Frank Bajak, The Seattle Times, 7 Aug. 2017
  • But the Ethiopians omitted a key detail about the purported plot: who was behind it.
    — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2021
  • The purported speech centers on Muslims and their place in Russia.
    — Camille Caldera, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Once the seed of the purported bear hazard was planted, stories nourished it.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 5 June 2018
  • On its own terms, the pardon flies in the face of Trump’s purported law-and-order presidency.
    — Cristian Farias, Daily Intelligencer, 26 Aug. 2017
  • The book begins as the purported journal writings of high school sophomore Xiomara Batista.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Police have warned the public to keep away from the area and to avoid circulating purported pictures and videos of the attacks.
    — Time Staff, Time, 3 June 2017
  • Pixel Notepad is the purported name of Google’s first-gen foldable smartphone.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Over a 10- year window, that wipes out the purported deficit reduction.
    — CBS News, 31 July 2022
  • The two tracks are the latest in a string of songs that MØ has released throughout this year in preparation for a purported third album.
    — Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Nor did the article make clear that the AI system’s purported success was seen in only a very narrow range of diseases.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Some social media users claim that Garland's purported history with Trump may have played a role in that decision.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022

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