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Recent Examples of alleged
Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
The seven men and five women hearing this case, though, will hear only from Mann, who stands alone as the sole alleged victim.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
Additional former employees have alleged a former administrator was pressured to accept a voluntary retirement package, which then created an opening for Berdo.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Today's top stories The alleged gunman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner is scheduled to make his first court appearance today.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
The seven men and five women hearing this case, though, will hear only from Mann, who stands alone as the sole alleged victim.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
Morens is also alleged to have evaded numerous record requests, including from journalists, that had to do with the pandemic’s origins and gain-of-function research—an area of study that can involve deliberately making a pathogen more deadly to investigate what its effects are and how to combat it.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
Additional former employees have alleged a former administrator was pressured to accept a voluntary retirement package, which then created an opening for Berdo.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alleged
Adjective
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The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
8 Aug. 2025
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William Cruz, 49, of Carteret, NJ, was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian causing injury and failure to exercise due care for the fatal crash that claimed Jenny Maribel Chacho Sanchez on April 17.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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In 2013, Lozzi stood outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to protest a screening of the HBO film Phil Spector and claimed the project implied Clarkson had committed suicide.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The proposed five-year study compared outcomes between infants vaccinated at birth and those vaccinated at six weeks of age.—
Uzma Rentia,
STAT,
27 Apr. 2026
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The proposed clinic would be developed in partnership with the Independence Blue Cross Foundation.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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After being bossed by Paris Saint-Germain across two legs in the Champions League quarter-final, Slot insisted the future remained bright at Liverpool.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Adelman insisted that his team demonstrated competitive spirit, citing the make-or-break league as an explanation for the loss.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Saks’s financial relationship with vendors has frayed as chargebacks (fees for supposed violations of shipping manuals or packaging rules) moved from occasional nuisance to what Pollet characterized as a structured revenue stream.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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But a handful of anglers, influencers, and content creators have gone public about their own experiences with DTF over the last week, and the supposed scam league is now dominating most corners of the online fishing space.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
19 Feb. 2026
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Throughout, the Cascios consistently and repeatedly asserted that Michael never harmed any of them or anyone else.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Officials at the time asserted the deal would compromise competition—even though the combined market share of both companies was less than 10 percent.—
Elaine Parker,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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None of that damage is hypothetical.—
Jon Duffy,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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The killing of Comperatore adds another dead body to the hypothetical stage directions, or else marks things going hideously off-script, still without breaking the surrounding secrecy.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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The company's lawyers have contended that the Oklahoma case in which Drummond intervened is a private dispute that doesn't involve government officials or public funds.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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And in an effort to rebut claims that Comey was being selectively prosecuted, Blanche contended the case against the former FBI director was similar to other threats cases the department routinely brings against the lesser known.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Alleged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alleged. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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