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adjective

Definition of allegednext
as in presumed

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verb

past tense of allege
as in claimed
to state as a fact usually forcefully alleged that the restaurant chain was engaging in discriminatory hiring practices

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Recent Examples of alleged
Adjective
The investigation, dubbed Operation Sundown, centers on 60-year-old Juan Awais, who deputies describe as the alleged ringleader. — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Shirley gained major traction following investigations into alleged fraud within the Somali community in Minnesota. — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
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The new lawsuit follows an earlier suit filed by Universal Music Group, Concord, and ABKCO in October 2023 which alleged comparable misuse of their song catalogs to train Claude. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 30 Aug. 2026 Settlers alleged Finn Joughin assaulted a child, which lawyer Inbar Shaked Vardi denied. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alleged
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alleged
  1. presumed
  2. claimed
  3. proposed
  4. insisted
  5. supposed
  6. asserted
  7. hypothetical
  8. contended
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Definition of presumed
Verb
  • The declaration stated that White identified as a transgender woman and claimed eligibility under the league’s new collective bargaining agreement.
    — Jackson Thompson , Patricia Babcock McGraw OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Across the archipelago’s more than seven thousand islands, countless sovereign communities once bloomed with distinct languages and traditions, until Spain claimed them all under a single name.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of claimed
Adjective
  • The Marquette poll also showed similar levels of opposition across the state, even in places where there is no proposed development.
    — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Its proposed 6,1000-square-foot Mooresville convenience store would include a counter-service restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating, Werner said.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of proposed
Verb
  • The secretary insisted he is focused on leading the War Department.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Some Hindu reform movements that developed under colonialism insisted that Hinduism is monotheistic or monist.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of insisted
Adjective
  • But clearly any supposed rivalry between the legendary bands is water under the bridge.
    — Peter Gicas, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
Definition of supposed
Verb
  • The university asserted that the subpoena would create unnecessary work for the police department, unearth irrelevant documents and waste the time of everyone involved.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Bates declared the platform the Principality of Sealand and asserted its sovereignty as a micronation distinct from Great Britain.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of asserted
Adjective
  • Then, in a famous 1937 paper, the mathematician Alan Turing devised a model based on hypothetical machines that could read and write symbols printed on an infinite tape according to a set of simple rules.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Shirley said the bill set a bad precedent, giving a hypothetical scenario of someone hiring a third party to commit violence in order to pin the blame on him.
    — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of hypothetical
Verb
  • Rosengart said Gomez should be dismissed from the lawsuit and contended the investors should not have sued her.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • That wouldn’t have left time for the psychotic, hallucinatory state to begin and for the voices in Clancy’s head to kick in and tell her to kill the children and carry out the suicide attempt, as the defense team has contended, Sprague said.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of contended

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