How to Use reputed in a Sentence

reputed

adjective
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  • She was hired for her reputed talents as a manager.
  • The father was reputed to be part of Guzman’s top tier in the Sinaloa cartel.
    — Kristina Davis, latimes.com, 29 July 2017
  • Or the full-on ruse of a reputed wine dealer who made counterfeits in his home kitchen that passed as fancy lots.
    — Laurel Demkovich, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2019
  • In that incident, a 17-year-old reputed gang member was shot in the leg, the New York Post reported.
    — Robert Gearty, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • The father had been arrested dozens of times and was also a reputed member of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang.
    — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2017
  • Whether the company—and Berns’s reputed fortune—can sustain itself long enough to see the project through is uncertain.
    — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Americans, reputed to be the most litigious people in the world, are filing far fewer lawsuits.
    — Joe Palazzolo, WSJ, 24 July 2017
  • A reputed member of the Gambino crime family and former son-in-law of John Gotti agreed to a plea deal that included a large fine but no prison.
    — The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2017
  • Both schools with reputed and strong girls’ ice hockey programs, the foray into the field game seemed like a natural progression.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Her reputed charms did not include her vicious anti-Semitism.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The ancient Greek culture during the time of Homer, the reputed author of the Iliad and Odyssey, valued hospitality to new guests.
    — Avi Loeb, Scientific American, 24 Nov. 2021
  • The idea also is a direct challenge to the reputed billionaire in the White House, Donald Trump, who once backed a wealth tax but in 2017 enacted a dramatic tax cut that favored the rich.
    — Josh Boak, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2019
  • The last major twist in the case came in 2012, when forensic police exhumed the body of a reputed mobster from the crypt of a Roman basilica in hopes of finding Orlandi’s remains as well.
    — NBC News, 13 July 2019
  • One night in May, a reputed marijuana dealer in York, Maine, slid into his hot tub with three other people.
    — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Nearby stood Jason Pagan, a 38-year-old reputed member of the Bloods street gang who had gotten out of prison six months earlier after serving time for a gun charge.
    — New York Times, 30 July 2019
  • The reputed crime boss was allegedly wearing a pink t-shirt with a cartoon image of donuts, a black wig, silicon mask and tight jeans to conceal his identity.
    — Fox News, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Police charged a Staten Island man with murder Monday for the killing of the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family earlier this month.
    — Corinne Ramey, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2019
  • In 2012, Italian forensic police exhumed the body of a reputed mobster from the crypt of a Roman basilica in hopes of finding Orlandi’s remains as well – but the search turned up no link.
    — Fox News, 20 July 2019
  • The last major twist in the case came in 2012, when Italian forensic police exhumed the body of a reputed mobster from the crypt of a Roman basilica in hopes of finding Orlandi's remains as well.
    — Nicole Winfield, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2019
  • The reputed Connecticut mobster is believed to be the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in U.S. history.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Fox News previously reported in May that one of the men accused of killing the reputed mobster has been held in solitary confinement ever since.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2021
  • But in a country reputed to have more television sets than refrigerators, Mr. Fonseca sealed his fame as many of his works were adapted for film and TV.
    — Michael Astor, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Popular, an insular institution with reputed links to Opus Dei, the Roman Catholic group, was used to going its own way.
    — Edward Robinson, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2017
  • There’s actual science behind the reputed power of eggs at taming the aftereffects of a night of boozing.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2019
  • However, the optics of doing a partisan event in a state so reputed for its independent thinking are not good.
    — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The reputed presence of Mr. Xi, who this holiday season may face some tough decisions on the future of Hong Kong, was immaterial to the crowds, who would never catch a glimpse of him anyway.
    — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2019
  • At the same time, Parkway Bank made a seven-figure loan to another reputed mobster to finance his secret stake in the casino, according to Gaming Board records.
    — David Heinzmann, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Among those denied clemency: Anthony Calabrese, a 57-year-old reputed mob hit man from Chicago convicted of three robberies and sentenced to 62 years in prison.
    — Gregory Korte, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Paul Graham, a reputed venture capitalist whose been pro-Musk during the Twitter takeover, was among those temporarily suspended for talking about Mastodon.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Crimo’s background — as a reputed loner who made threats of violence and collected weapons, resulting in encounters with law enforcement — appears to be exactly what lawmakers were targeting in the new law.
    — Mike Debonis, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2022

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