as in apparently
to all outward appearances
she's supposedly too sick to come—or so she says
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Recent Examples of supposedly
Mynett supposedly owns a consulting company and a winery.
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
Feeding Our Future, a nonprofit organization, served as the sponsor for these entities, which could only receive reimbursements for the cost of meals supposedly served under the auspices of a sponsoring agency.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
More than 200 school districts are among the plaintiffs suing social media companies for supposedly causing a youth mental health crisis.
—Jennifer Huddleston, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
As the battle over the allegations over the $5 million prize show continues, Season 2 of Beast Games has come and gone, and a third season is supposedly in the works.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
Feeding Our Future, a nonprofit organization, served as the sponsor for these entities, which could only receive reimbursements for the cost of meals supposedly served under the auspices of a sponsoring agency.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
More than 200 school districts are among the plaintiffs suing social media companies for supposedly causing a youth mental health crisis.
—Jennifer Huddleston, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
As the battle over the allegations over the $5 million prize show continues, Season 2 of Beast Games has come and gone, and a third season is supposedly in the works.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposedly
Adverb
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The writings sent to family members apparently did not specifically mention the White House Correspondents' Dinner.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Two protesters briefly took over a small red carpet where guests were lined up to take professional photos; Times reporters saw a third woman dressed in a formal gown and shouting protest slogans being escorted out by security guards after apparently having entered the event.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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That worked in Game 3, but Minnesota showed much better discipline in Game 4, seemingly having learned its lesson.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Put water under pressure, though, and its shape can compress and overlap in a seemingly endless bounty of possible patterns.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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While the investigation was ostensibly about cost overruns in a Fed renovation project, many observers, including Tillis, considered that pretext.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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This is not the first time Anthropic has received investment from Google, even though Google is ostensibly competing with Anthropic over AI models.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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Back in court as Pekara spoke, a police officer reached out to put her hand on the shoulder of a young man seated in one of the front rows, evidently a family member of one of the two officers.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Arsenal manager invoked a bed of roses and the accompaniment of celestial music and formed an expression to suggest anyone expecting that was evidently disconnected from the reality of a Premier League title race.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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However, with Stanton presumably vacating the DH spot, the switch-hitting, defensively-subpar Domínguez, who is better from the left side, can help the Bombers against a string of right-handed starting pitchers.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Defenceman Kaiden Guhle took a big breath when asked about it, presumably to gather himself before answering.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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At this year's event, held at Pura Padel, Holland participated with other BERO higher-ups in a friendly tournament of padel, a racquet sport that's probably best described as a combination of squash and tennis.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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Voters will probably be bombarded with political ads and arguments from opposing sides as the battle intensifies.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposedly. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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