putative
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The stakes for the putative peace agreement are immense, however, and underlined by Goldman’s warning of how the oil price could perform, should the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz persist.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Its putative target is contingency fees, which are typically percentages of the payouts awarded by juries or through negotiations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026
Instead, the strategic calculation appears to have been that you can fold some of the groypers back into mainstream conservativism, but only by tiptoeing around the flaws of their putative leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Somewhat inexplicably, Eddie Fales, Baldwin’s ex-lover, was also there as his putative “secretary,” while his current lover, Lucien Happersberger, presumably because he was not American, was not.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2025
The problem with Hamilton’s distinction, however, was that the putative barrier between personal and political criticism, or private and public behavior, kept getting overwhelmed by real choices.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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