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Apocryphally

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a·poc·ry·phal  (-pkr-fl)
adj.
1. Of questionable authorship or authenticity.
2. Erroneous; fictitious: "Wildly apocryphal rumors about starvation in Petrograd . . . raced through Russia's trenches" W. Bruce Lincoln.
3. Apocryphal Bible Of or having to do with the Apocrypha.
a·pocry·phal·ly adv.
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It also relates to the political implications that can be found in both pieces: The early billboard references the city's bloviating politicians, who apocryphally earned Chicago the epithet the "Windy City," and the later painting (given the artist's known sensitivity to such matters), the metronomic swing from Bush to Clinton to Bush.
Kay Rosen: Gray Kapernekas Gallery by Sholis, Brian / Artforum International
A recovery failure ratio of 70% is a recurring statistic apocryphally attributed to "analyst research.
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By contrast, between Eisenhower and the elder Bush, many Republicans shared the attitude attributed, perhaps apocryphally, to a former Republican secretary of state: "F-- the Jews.
Distorting U.S. foreign policy: the Israel lobby and American power. ... by Lind, Michael / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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