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Stoking fear makes people more likely to back harsh measures purportedly targeting crime.
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Brittany Friedman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2025
The other is that a bunch of purportedly talented coders have indeed responded to a higher civic calling but are out here batting .202.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 20 Feb. 2025
In only a month of Trump 2.0, Musk has helped architect mass firings of federal workers to purportedly make the government more efficient by cutting costs.
—Angrej Singh, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
The complaint contains screenshots purportedly of text conversations between Luna and Tiffith Jr.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
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Brittany Friedman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2025
The other is that a bunch of purportedly talented coders have indeed responded to a higher civic calling but are out here batting .202.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 20 Feb. 2025
In only a month of Trump 2.0, Musk has helped architect mass firings of federal workers to purportedly make the government more efficient by cutting costs.
—Angrej Singh, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
The complaint contains screenshots purportedly of text conversations between Luna and Tiffith Jr.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Purportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purportedly. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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