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Example sentences for: purport

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He intends to make only minor adjustments in his February budget proposal, fixes that will purport to keep the system solvent for 10 years.
In the last week, Dole and his surrogates have focused on two new issues that purport to embody the flawed ethics of the administration.
Indeed, we leave the LSC program subject to even a greater uncertainty than the one we purport to have eliminated, since other circuits may conclude (as I do) that if the limitation upon welfare representation is unconstitutional, LSC attorneys cannot engage in welfare litigation at all.
Two additional provisions would look at proposals to stem the growth of unauthorized Web sites that purport to belong to a candidate and would require periodic review of regulations to judge their impact on the use of the Internet to spread political activity.