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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Recent Examples of reportedly
While Demna was at Balenciaga, the brand’s revenue reportedly ballooned to close to $2 billion, according to The New York Times.
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Mecca Pryor, Essence, 17 Mar. 2025
That tournament reportedly has a deal to take at least two teams each from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East conferences.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2025
Ye and Adidas joined forces for a lucrative partnership in 2013, as the Yeezy footwear line was reportedly worth $1.5 billion at the time of the termination.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2025
During the economic blackout last Friday, Target reportedly saw a drop in traffic both online and the app.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
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Mecca Pryor, Essence, 17 Mar. 2025
That tournament reportedly has a deal to take at least two teams each from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East conferences.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2025
Ye and Adidas joined forces for a lucrative partnership in 2013, as the Yeezy footwear line was reportedly worth $1.5 billion at the time of the termination.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2025
During the economic blackout last Friday, Target reportedly saw a drop in traffic both online and the app.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reportedly
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And apparently that was one of the longest, if not the longest Tribal Council in Survivor history.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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About 100 passengers were forced to debark and leave the train on foot when one Green Line trolley apparently rolled backward into another around 7:30 p.m.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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Weiss, 42, was charged with 14 counts of unauthorized computer access and 10 counts of identity theft after purportedly hacking thousands of accounts to download intimate photos and videos, according to an indictment filed in federal court Thursday.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Understanding the way that Trump replaces Judaism with Israel also helps explain why his actions that purportedly defend Jews do nothing of the sort.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
19 Mar. 2025
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Conrad Gessner, the sixteenth-century Swiss physician, naturalist, and linguist, and reputedly the first European to describe the guinea pig, the tulip, and the pencil, is also said to be the first to write extensively about the northern bald ibis.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 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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Two top lawyers deeply involved in that scheme are no longer at the firm, which Trump is evidently trying to put out of business.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
15 Mar. 2025
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The bargaining unit evidently accepted a salary floor of $73,000, with six percent raises in the first year of the deal and three percent in the two years following — terms of the deal that the WGA East announced on Friday.—
Katie Kilkenny,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Mar. 2025
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The nineteen-forties and fifties were supposedly an era of liberal consensus, when both parties agreed on the virtues of the welfare state and a U.S.-led international order.—
Beverly Gage,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Rubio supposedly rejected Musk’s accusation, mentioning that more than 1,500 employees had opted to take buyouts, which should count toward workforce reduction numbers, according to multiple reports.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
10 Mar. 2025
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However, the singer and songwriter seemingly paid tribute to Talbott on Valentine’s Day, sharing a photo of the fighter on his social media page.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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Booker shot 6-of-17 and finished with 19 points and 11 assists, playing a little of his Team USA game of seemingly spending more energy moving the ball and trying to defend the perimeter.—
Joe Vardon,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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