Synonyms for purportedly
pur·port·ed·ly

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1. purportedly, supposedlyadverb

   believed or reputed to be the case

   Synonyms:
   supposedly

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1. List of paraphrases for "purportedly":

   allegedly, supposedly, reportedly, ostensibly

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1. Abigail Spanberger:

   [A]fter first signaling her opposition to these reforms, the Speaker purportedly reversed her position, however, our bipartisan reform coalition was then subjected to repeated delay tactics, hand-waving gestures and blatant instances of Lucy pulling the football.

2. Ted Cruz:

   Specifically, the Democratic leader wants to add a statement that Justice Ginsburg's position should not be filled until a new president is installed, purportedly based on a comment Justice Ginsburg made to family members shortly before Justice Ginsburg passed.

3. Rory Smith:

   They are notorious for using videos and images purportedly showing the adverse effects of vaccines, such as autism in children and seizures in other vaccine recipients, the more emotive and graphic the videos and images — irrespective of whether it's actually linked at all to vaccines or not — the better.

4. The Washington Post:

   Over the course of 14 months, the Chinese energy conglomerate and its executives paid $ 4.8 million to entities controlled by President Biden son and President Biden son uncle, according to government records, court documents and newly disclosed bank statements, as well as emails contained on a copy of a laptop hard drive that purportedly once belonged to President Biden son.

5. Bob Corker:

   We're in a strange place. It's becoming a cultish thing, isn't it ? it's not a good place for any party to have a cult-like situation as it relates to a President that happens to be purportedly of the same party.