Both Uses
putative
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- By the end of the day fifty people had been injured, and the putatively allied countries were once more at each other's throats.†
Chpt 6. *
- The fact that they were aboard a putatively hostile vessel and had found friendly Russian-speaking men had been overpowering for many of the young conscripts.†
Chpt 16.
Definitions:
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(1)
(putative) generally accepted (though not known with certainty)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)