supposedly

Example Sentences

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Monday’s game offered yet another example of how the team that supposedly is ruining baseball is fattening the wallets of the league’s other 29 teams.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Consumer advocates have been calling for something similar to IRS Direct File for decades, pointing with exasperation to supposedly forward-thinking European countries like the Netherlands, where tax filing is automatic and painless.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

At the rate things are heating up on Earth, threatening to fry us alive sooner than later, this scheme could supposedly reverse or slow the damage we’ve done.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Even Nana’s delicious, supposedly Pakistani cooking took on a new meaning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He pondered in the darkness, incredulous that a supposedly revoked passport had turned him into a prisoner.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady