Purported means that someone has acted to be someone they are not. A good sentence would be, she purported to know a lot about math.
The purported benefits of the new diet fad have not been scientifically proven.
Reported, purported, claimed.
The answer can be found under the same question " Is Obama's Purported Long Form Birth Certificate a Fraud?" with capitals except in the word "a".
Yes! Black Brown and Grizzly bears, also known as purported to be phallic, are indeed fertilizes of Mother Earth, as Art History and Science show us.
He purported to blame them, which amounts to about the same thing.
She is purported to have died of a broken heart.
Faith, Hope and Charity were the purported children of Sophia.
They were purported to exist around 1,000 B.C.
It is French for "The Shroud of Turin" - the purported burial shroud of Christ.
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The purported veil of Veronica is preserved in St. Peter's Basilica.
The first such crayons are purported to have consisted of a mixture of charcoal and oil.