Synonyms for purported
pərˈpɔr tɪd, -ˈpoʊr-

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1. List of paraphrases for "purported":

   alleged, so-called, supposed, presumed

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1. Adam Schiff:

   I can only conclude that it really doesn't show what it's being purported to show.

2. Bishop Garrison:

   This type of outright cruelty against children, in a military facility once used to perpetrate a grave injustice, no less, tells the world we are not the proud and free nation we once purported to be.

3. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   The politicians who forced Obamacare on the American people now have a choice: crow about Obamacare's latest wobble towards the edge, or work with us to address the ongoing negative impact of a 2,000-page law that continues to make life miserable for too many of the same people it purported to help.

4. Nikki Haley:

   Sunday's outrageous violation of sovereign Ukrainian territory is part of a pattern of Russian behavior that includes the purported annexation of Crimea and abuses against countless Ukrainians in Crimea.

5. Catherine Lewis:

   The voter in question properly applied for an absentee ballot, provided her state-issued driver's license with Donna Brydges application, and returned Donna Brydges absentee ballot in the properly signed and sealed envelope as required by state law, the board of election inspectors, consisting of Republican and Democratic members, had no question that the voter was who she purported to be or that her signatures matched.

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