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supposedly

[suh-poh-zid-lee] / səˈpoʊ zɪd li /


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The clearest evidence is that the cuts often failed to protect the very investors the Greenspan put supposedly insured.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

But when the US housing market took off in the later 1990s and derivatives again were used to package mortgages to sell to investors -- supposedly to dilute the risk -- the Fed sat back.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

The Tonopah Historic Mining Park is a big tourist attraction, along with the Clown Motel and other lodging establishments supposedly haunted by the ghosts of dead miners and other paranormal phenomena.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

Whoever’s supporting McLeod’s activities — whatever they might be other than supposedly bringing reconciliation to Republicans and Democrats — they appear to have money to spare.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

In 1937, when Lilya was sixteen, her father, Vladimir Litvyak, was arrested, for crimes he’d supposedly committed against the Communist Party.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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