Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: purports

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Usage examples:

A newly-released video of Yevgeny Prigozhin purports to show the Wagner group boss in Africa addressing rumours about his well-being and threats to his life, just days before his death, according to a media report.

Source: https://southasiandaily.com/wagner-boss-yevgeny-prigozhin-spoke-of-threats-to-his-life-days-before-death/

On the Hamilton 68 page, which purports to provide a “real-time look at Russian propaganda,” Clapper warned that having interfered in 2016, Russians were now beginning to “prep the battlefield” for 2018.

Source: https://theava.com/archives/208371

She continued: "I cannot believe that any school would treat families like this, particularly one which purports to have such high values.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1732003/School-humiliates-students-lunches-taken-plates-debt

The crew is utterly unfazed by any of the poltergeists that the show purports to expose because they know the dirty little secret of reality television: Every episode is scripted before a single camera starts to roll.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/books/review/the-invisible-world-nora-fussner.html

The group purports to seek revenge for what they term “trans genocide,” a conspiracy theory that claims that transgender people are systemically targeted with violence.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2023/03/28/trans-activists-called-for-day-of-vengeance-before-shooting-of-christian-school-n1682076

The legislation purports to respond to a nonexistent problem: The unfounded fear that the feds are trying to seize people’s gas stoves (they’re not doing that, either).

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-06-22/gas-stove-bills-house-republicans