as in allegedly
according to what has been said
—used to indicate what has been said or reported
The medication's side effects are reportedly few and mild. They reportedly stole one million dollars.
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Recent Examples of reportedly
In recent years, an array of states, including Texas, Florida, and California have reportedly purchased spyware and other surveillance technologies; legislators and regulators will dictate whether that trend continues.
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Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
Since his first stay on Pennsylvania Avenue, he's reportedly treated hiring as a casting call.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
The San Francisco native plans to split his time between Sacramento and Marin County, where his four children are reportedly already enrolled in school.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
His wife and widow, Baby Doe Tabor, was equally famous, having lured Horace Tabor away from his first wife with her reportedly unmatched beauty.
—James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
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Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
Since his first stay on Pennsylvania Avenue, he's reportedly treated hiring as a casting call.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
The San Francisco native plans to split his time between Sacramento and Marin County, where his four children are reportedly already enrolled in school.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
His wife and widow, Baby Doe Tabor, was equally famous, having lured Horace Tabor away from his first wife with her reportedly unmatched beauty.
—James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
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Little about the house changed, but workers did apparently fix the roof, per spies on the Brooklyn Heights Blog.Bridget Read, Curbed, 15 Nov. 2024
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Miyagi-Do’s opponents this time are Dublin Thunder, apparently a dojo full of Irish stereotypes (complimentary).Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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Beijing has vigorously denied those claims, which came to light with the 2015 publication by German magazine Der Spiegel of documents purportedly from US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Posts about the Big Lie—the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen—were initially moderated with fact-checking labels, but these were scaled back dramatically before the 2022 midterms, purportedly because users disliked them.Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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His stepmother was a Swanson, an heir to the frozen-dinner fortune; his father was an ambassador under Ronald Reagan (and reputedly had ties to the C.I.A.).Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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The tether stablecoin, a cryptocurrency designed to maintain parity with the US dollar and reputedly backed by dollar reserves (although there are questions regarding the composition of those reserves) has lost its peg and at the time of writing trades for 99 cents a unit.Gian M. Volpicelli, WIRED, 17 June 2022
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These contests evidently provide some thrill that people are finding irresistible at this specific moment in time.Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
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The boss allegedly flexed his muscle, making his displeasure known, and the board evidently reconsidered.Dan Alexander, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Scott, the old pro, knows how to give these scenes a vicious vitality that overcomes any thoughts about how the Romans supposedly got live sharks in the water.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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In a race supposedly too close to call, the surprise wasn't that Trump won, which was always an obvious possibility, but how quickly the results took shape — this was supposed to take days, remember.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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One of the show's main characters will seemingly not return, which has left many questioning whether the show is – or should be – continuing.Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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The marketing campaign has seemingly become more and more viral each year, as Spotify ups its graphic design and data personalization game.Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Reportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reportedly. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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