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Discover Ludwig"purported because" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it to introduce a suggested cause-and-effect relationship between two statements. For example, "He was purported to be the best basketball player because he was said to have the highest shooting average."
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It was painful to watch the purported centrists in the Senate cut out nearly $100 million worth of funds for arts, culture and education—"purported" because the list of axed items looks like a Republican's top 20 list of awful "nanny state-cum-socialist" policies.
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A robo-signer from DocX arrived on the scene, legally attesting to the Wilsons' purported delinquency, because Lender Processing's system did not reflect that the Wilsons' checks were sitting, uncashed, with their bank's lawyer.
The other concerned sham "issue ads," commercials run just before an election that were unregulated because they purported to be about political issues but were actually intended to help particular candidates.
Stephen J. Morello, a spokesman for the Department of Correction, disputed that account, saying that no one in that department made any mistakes Michael P. Jacobson, the head of the Department of Correction from 1995 to 1998, said that letting a prisoner go because he purported to be someone else was one of the most embarrassing mistakes a law enforcement agency could make.
Knocked Up made quite an impression when it was released in the US, not only with the public (mostly young males) but with critics - who are almost all male - ostensibly because it was not explicitly idiotic like Talledega Nights or Anchorman, and because it purported to make a larger point.
A: Yes he does and in a statement issued on Saturday, Green said the clear legal advice they had received was that "players' purported objection is ineffective" because of that.
That suddenly attracted a lot of attention because it purported that the Americans were way behind the Soviets in terms of their relationships with people in foreign countries, language, understanding the cultures, etc.
While the 2015 campaign trail will still have its throwbacks – an intern from a tabloid newspaper jumping around Westminster dressed as a chicken; a Griff Rhys Jones-type threatening to leave the country; a member of an 80s indie band kicking off because David Cameron purported to like a song of theirs on Desert Island Discs – the 2015 election hints towards a glossier, shinier, US-style future.
Such packaging does not tend to be well received in South Africa, where downmarket papsaks (foil bags of wine) were banned because of their purported contribution to alcoholism and associated social ills.
Because the regime purported to be representatives of God on Earth, they ordered the execution of all opposition.
Traditional Korean Chungtaejeon (CTJ) tea is a type of fermented tea, which has received increasing attention in recent years because of its purported health benefits.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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