reputedly
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A Royal Navy admiral, William Sidney Smith, was an early endorser, reputedly calling it “the most delicious breakfast-table accompaniment.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
His years of reflection involved forging a career in finance and corporate law – becoming a boardroom executive at various international firms and, reputedly, a millionaire.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
His creation, the SigCircus, was a truck-mounted mobile radio broadcasting unit that shuttled messages between the U.S. and Europe — and reputedly between the White House and Downing Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
Of the roughly 20 million books in Harvard University’s libraries, one has long exerted a unique dark fascination, not for its contents, but for the material it was reputedly bound in: human skin.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
We passed the famous Shah Faisal Mosque on the way there, reputedly the biggest mosque in the world, with its giant concrete girders and soaring minarets.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
