purport
verb (used with object)
to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely.
purports
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present tense formof purport (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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A federal district judge, rejecting that contract provision, ruled last month that GEO Group must let health inspectors in, writing that “GEO’s new contract cannot preempt state law, even if it purports to.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
The platform purports to be the first prediction market of its kind, pricing county and city wildfire risk in real time.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
There were demonstrations of a countertop mill for grinding wheat into homemade flour and a vibrating platform that purports to drain the lymphatic system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
As it happens, Hegseth wasn’t alone in offending the entire Western world, which he purports to revere.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
She added with an arch smile, “Perhaps the most arrogant ones. The Fairy Queen, of course, purports to rule them all.”
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
