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pyooh tuh tiv

  • s  purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds
    the foundling's putative father
    the putative author of the book

  • When the book at loggerheads with the party ideology hit the shelves, the putative intellectuals of the party were hard put to explain the dichotomy.
  • When the putative guardians of public morality put the screws to crime and horror comics, distributors refused to put them on newsstands.
  • Alas, the chassis and mechanicals for the SSR were borrowed from GM's corporate midsize SUV program, making the putative performance machine heavy, underpowered and unforgivably .
News & Articles

  • Class Action Lawsuit against Columbia Laboratories Dismissed without Prejudice
    Columbia Laboratories, Inc. announced today that the previously disclosed putative class action lawsuit filed against the Company, Actavis, Inc. and certain officers of both companies in the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, entitled In re Columbia Laboratories, Inc., Securities Litigation, has been dismissed without prejudice.
    June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
  • What Israel Should Learn From Nelson Mandela
    The first and clearest lesson one can learn from Mandela is that peace is only achievable if the putative peacemakers believe in it. Click here for the rest of the article...
    June 12, 2013 - The Forward
  • Palomar Signs Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Settlement of Delaware Merger Litigation
    BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with plaintiffs in the Delaware putative stockholder class action lawsuits ...
    June 10, 2013 - GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in FOXNews
    Asked Saturday what he thinks about McCain's apparent pride in underdog status, Obama told reporters traveling with him: "Two years ago, John McCain was the putative Republican nominee who has been part of the Washington establishment for years and...
  • Sasha in CTV.ca
    There is a lot of apprehension in the market over what may be potentially revealed by the stress tests, and there are some already voicing criticism that these tests may not be putative enough,said Scotia Capital currency strategist Sacha...
  • Charles Clarke in PinkNews.co.uk
    This is a debate about the politics and policies of the future, rather than an intervention in the leadership election,Mr Clarke said. "This is not about causing trouble for anybody, it's not about building up a putative candidature for...

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