purport
verb (used with object)
to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely.
is purporting
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present progressiveof purport (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"The Stormont brake is purporting to be something it's not," he tells BBC News NI.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2023
One case Stronghold is purporting to help is that of 6-year-old Mariano, who is residing at a destitute hospital in the capital, Caracas.
From Fox News ● Jul. 11, 2019
Nunes, of course, is guilty of doing precisely what he is purporting to attack.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2018
"Consistent with my email from yesterday," he wrote, "please disregard any email sent by, or instructions you receive from, Ms English when she is purporting to act as the Acting Director."
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2017
Essentially, Leifer said Friday, the city is "purporting to be the referee, umpire, arbitrator of a division of a shared property right that it doesn't have the power to do."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2016
