putative
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It may be a big week for the Federal Reserve as putative Chair Kevin Warsh will face a confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
Their putative shock calls to mind the 2014 novel “You Should Have Known.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The putative intelligence chief was apparently irrelevant in the administration’s ouster of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
Chiles’ putative concerns are, for a number of reasons, misleading, unreasonable, or some combination thereof.
From Slate • Oct. 1, 2025
If you want to see the effects of a putative causal variable, manipulate that variable alone while holding everything else constant.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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