ALLEGEDLY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

allegedly

adverb

as in reportedly

according to what has been said The defendant allegedly robbed several homes on Main Street.

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Recent Examples of allegedly Dolly Parton's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is being replaced after it was allegedly vandalized. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Former senior vice president of people and culture Erin Dangerfield, now Golden State’s chief people officer, allegedly questioned Vasquez about her responses in the survey. — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026 The incident took place near West 41st Street and Seventh Avenue, where Cisneros allegedly approached a 68-year-old man who had just left the subway and was standing with his wife. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 Within the last few days, the Channahon Police Department also announced an officer allegedly used the Flock camera system for unauthorized purposes and placed the officer on administrative leave. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026 That changed when Carleton Varney, a notable designer from Dorothy Draper & Company, arrived to renovate all 388 rooms on property and allegedly declared that beige would be banned forever. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026 The letter from him allegedly informed her of his intentions to marry someone else, according to Time. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026 Police allegedly found an open bottle of an alcoholic beverage on the passenger side of Romo's vehicle. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 One bettor even allegedly used a hair dryer to change the temperature being recorded at Charles de Gaulle airport to win a bet about the weather. — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

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reportedly

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The draw also reportedly cost a user on the prediction market platform Polymarket nearly 1 million dollars.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Local resistance tied to electricity, water, noise, and infrastructure concerns has reportedly blocked or delayed at least 48 data-center projects worth $156 billion.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

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