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The phrase "are purporting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing claims or assertions made by individuals or groups, often implying that the claims may not be entirely truthful or valid.
Example: "The individuals are purporting to have expertise in the field, but their qualifications are questionable."
Alternatives: "are claiming" or "are asserting".
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The difference, of course, is that the Kardashians are purporting to sell something real.
You are purporting to 'raise standards' by simply abandoning difficult tasks".
And most of the regions simply have no traction with the people they are purporting to serve.
Not only that, some organizations actually spread falsehoods regarding the very diseases they are purporting to fund research for.
"Fascist rhetoric centres around the idea that the state has failed the 'nation' in some way … they are purporting to react to this failure".
In other cases the fraudsters are purporting to rent out property that doesn't exist, has already been rented out, or has been rented to multiple victims at the same time.
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Balancing exercises are purported to improve these deficits [73].
People take medicines, drugs, which are purported to be clean and prescribed, but they're actually.
Sometimes, says Gerardo, a fund sponsor publishes what are purported to be net returns, but without subtracting all the fees.
The algebraizable logics are purported to be the logics with the strongest possible link with their natural class of algebras.
Speech-generating devices are purported to have advantages over non-electronic systems due to their synthetic speech output.
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