supposedly
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But according to reporting in The New York Times, that supposedly bargain price tag is already ballooning to $13 million.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Swiping through a dozen or so brightly colored cards, I’m told, in what supposedly constitutes a “framework shift”: “You have a good kid.”
From Slate • May 10, 2026
Then she advises readers that the purpose of exercise is to achieve an optimal “waist-to-hip” ratio supposedly preferred by men.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
Everyone on Wall Street supposedly was wearing rose-colored glasses back in early 2000.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The tune that Hamilton sang, called “General Wolfe’s Song,” was supposedly written by the great British general on the eve of his glorious death on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec in 1759.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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