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Example sentences for: purporting

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The NYT runs a story purporting to cast light on women's post-Monica attitudes towards Bill Clinton, based, it says, on dozens of interviews with "women across the country."
The professor adduces some statistics for his side purporting to show that the availability of concealed weapons lessens the occurrence of what he calls "multiple-victim public shootings."
The WSJ and WP each run stories describing a new study purporting to show that the differences between black and white investors are considerable.
The story features an anecdote purporting to show how Rehnquist punctures posturing lawyers, in which the pin cushion part is assigned to Kenneth Starr.
includes a study purporting to show that in the major gambling cities of the U.S.--Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and Reno--the suicide rates are up to four times higher than in comparably sized cities where gambling is not legal.