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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The slide came as Nvidia’s billionaire cofounder Jensen Huang reportedly arrived in China’s tech hub Shenzhen for a visit.
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Yue Wang, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The massive estate, reportedly snapped up by casino tycoon Steve Wynn, sold for a record $108 million in the Centennial State with Red Mountain views.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
Neuralink’s first human patient has reportedly been able to use his BCI to play online video games and chess.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
But that doesn’t necessarily lessen the sting that the organization failed to land Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki, who reportedly narrowed his finalists this week to the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Yue Wang, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The massive estate, reportedly snapped up by casino tycoon Steve Wynn, sold for a record $108 million in the Centennial State with Red Mountain views.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
Neuralink’s first human patient has reportedly been able to use his BCI to play online video games and chess.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
But that doesn’t necessarily lessen the sting that the organization failed to land Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki, who reportedly narrowed his finalists this week to the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Donald Trump and Mike Pence Shake Hands During First Interaction in Nearly 4 Years Pence also addressed his wife Karen, 68, apparently staring straight ahead and declining to acknowledge Trump and Melania in a seemingly tense moment that was caught on tape.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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In their five years of knowing each other, this is the first time that Johnny Mac has been invited over to Thadeus’s apartment—though that, apparently, had not been enough to move Thadeus’s housekeeping hand.Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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Who Has to Fix This? 14 Easy Healthy Dinners to Put on Rotation in 2025 Months later, the European Commission criticized Athens for purportedly falsifying economic data in order to replace its drachma currency with the euro.Alan Cowell, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Footage and images shared online purportedly showed all four buildings being struck as revelers gathered across the United States to see in the New Year, with thousands gathering in New York's Times Square for the iconic ball drop despite heavy rain being forecast.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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This sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic substitutes the brother emperors Caracalla and Geta for the original’s Commodus, modeling them not only on him, but on a host of Rome’s other reputedly bloodthirsty despots like Caligula, Nero, and Domitian.Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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There is the scary modernist Schoenberg — inventor of the 12-tone system, replacing traditional harmony with the democratic notion that all notes are equal — who reputedly drives audiences away.Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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The old ayatollah’s project has evidently run aground—and Iran’s pragmatists have fresh wind in their sails.Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Many were left in tears by what De La Rosa chose to pack, as some of the items evidently have sentimental value.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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This 21-feet-high wire mesh art installation has an eerie vibe, reflecting the hundreds-year-old legend of a ghost schooner that’s supposedly been seen floating in the strait separating Nova Scotia from Prince Edward Island.Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Firing Daboll would have ripped down the supposedly collaborative curtain behind the Wizard of Oz.Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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The movie, which will have its European premiere at the fest, revolves around a young father whose hold on reality crumbles as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him following the death of his wife.Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
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Scanning a new Wikipedia tab can feel like turning on a faucet, using a resource that has seemingly always been there and dispensed evenly, almost magically, from the Internet pipes.Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2025
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