rumor
Example Sentences
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Gilded fixtures, trim and ornamentation — rumored to be from Home Depot — mar the walls.
From Salon
They logged on to VPNs to access YouTube and X, which are blocked in Venezuela, to piece together which sites had been hit and trade rumors about U.S. soldiers in the streets.
While Super Micro dismissed the report as “rumors and speculation,” it said it was delaying the filing because it needed more time to evaluate its “internal controls over financial reporting.”
From Barron's
This may have been a classic “buy the rumor, sell the news” moment, as the price had doubled over the preceding days on media reports that rescheduling was imminent.
AT&T declined to comment on its plans, saying discussion of its potential departure was “based on rumors and speculation.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
