purport

Example Sentences

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Polymarket’s backers speak glowingly about the promise of harnessing the wisdom of the crowd, arguing that people who put money on the line are more likely to be right than purported experts and biased commentators.

From The Wall Street Journal

The film, however, brushes these things under the rug, attempting to align Melania with her purported favorite cause: the health and safety of families everywhere.

From Salon

The manipulated image, which purports to show Pretti surrounded by officers as one points a gun at his head, spread rapidly across Instagram, Facebook, X, and Threads.

From Barron's

Prosecutors have alleged Halifax-based RT Diagnostics "purported to be a testing laboratory" when in reality tests were "dumped in a room" with customers sent fake negative results for the deadly virus, thereby endangering people's health.

From BBC

A publicist for Gilbert at the time said the actor would not comment on her husband’s case, denounced “any purported statements” and said that she was focused on caring for her and Busfield’s family.

From Los Angeles Times