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putative
PYOO-tuh-tiv
adjective
assumed or suggested to exist; generally believed or imagined
1919Max BeerbohmSeven MenIt was then that I espied yonder the back of the putative Maltby.1964Ross MacDonaldThe Far Side of the DollarThen I called Arnie Walters in Reno and gave him a rundown on the old man's son, Mike Harley, ex-sailor, ex-fighter, ex-bartender, gambler, kidnapper, wife-beater, putative murderer and driver of a 1958 Plymouth two-door, California license number IKT 449.1982Stephen R. DonaldsonThe One TreeBut at his back, his putative son slept.

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