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Recent Examples of putative Harris’s strategy enabled Trump to seize open political terrain and position himself as the putative peace candidate. Dan Caldwell, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024 The complaint says the putative class action is worth more than $5 million. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Oct. 2024 One source of doubt involves the antibodies’ putative benefits. Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 29 Oct. 2024 Florida’s two Republican senators — Rubio, in an about-face, and Rick Scott — have held up her nomination as a presidential election looms between Biden, the Democrat, and former president Donald Trump, the putative GOP nominee. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for putative 
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  • The most apparent sign of a mouse infestation in a home is droppings near food sources, such as kitchen cabinets, pantries, and under furniture.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Yet the apparent optimism was a thin veneer over deep uncertainty.
    Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Pitt’s cause of death was revealed as sharp and blunt force injuries with probable strangulation, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner, The Ventura County Star reported.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In a season in which a Clemson-Alabama CFP rematch seemed probable, this shocker temporarily shook up that inevitability.
    Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Sources familiar with the probe say SEC investigators are looking at what Ruiz’s company represented to investors about its value and other possible securities violations.
    Ben Wieder and, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Implement security measures: Protect the recordings by saving them in a secure location and utilizing encryption where possible.
    Jason Foodman, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Jesse Eisenberg — who wrote, directed, and stars opposite Culkin — is the ostensible protagonist David, Benji’s uptight, socially awkward cousin who envies and pities him in equal measure, but A Real Pain is Culkin’s showcase.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The ostensible subject was a new baby girl, Liza, born to the star Judy Garland and the director Vincente Minnelli.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • That night of violence — with its brutality and seeming lack of a motive — has shaken the community.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Political pressure will come to the Kremlin not just from opponents of the war but also from those dismayed by the military’s startling incompetence and seeming lack of determination.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2022
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  • There is an obvious set of two scoring lines and two shutdown lines available.
    Murat Ates, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Johnson has emerged as the team’s primary back on third downs and obvious passing downs, catching 18 passes for 284 yards and three touchdowns and carrying the ball 41 times for 213 yards and one score.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Putative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putative. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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