noun
hearsay
gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
In a sentence
Six example sentences with hearsay, each labelled with its topic.
Half the campaign's rumors were hearsay repeated at fundraisers until nobody could name who had started any of them.
Politics
The clerk warned the jury that a neighbor's account of what a cousin overheard was hearsay, not evidence.
Law
Traders acted on hearsay from a golf course, and the stock jumped an hour before any filing appeared.
Finance
Most trade rumors are hearsay from agents, and the deal that actually happens is rarely the one discussed on air.
Basketball
Herodotus admitted that much of his account was hearsay, gathered from priests and merchants along his travels.
History
Hearsay about the rival's funding round spread through the accelerator until someone checked the filings and found nothing.
Startups
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