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Example sentences for: purporting

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Many "old school" supply-side economists, such as Ronald Reagan's first Council of Economic Advisers chairman, Martin Feldstein, never did endorse the so-called Laffer Curve, that cocktail-napkin art purporting to show that big tax cuts would soon pay for themselves.
USA Today leads with a poll (of 622 adults) purporting to show that most Americans are unlikely to change their behavior or take special precautions because of Y2K.
The Los Angeles Times lead is a poll putting George W. Bush first among Republican voters and Elizabeth Dole second, and purporting to show that each right now would beat Al Gore.
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 story features an anecdote purporting to show how Rehnquist punctures posturing lawyers, in which the pin cushion part is assigned to Kenneth Starr.