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gossipy

[gos-uh-pee] / ˈgɒs ə pi /


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But Grande does perpetuate a silence, complacency, and enabling by painting genuine concern as gossipy chatter.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

“That was a gossipy question. I consider you a serious journalist.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

It was certainly true his book could be unkind and gossipy, but that was why the public, which likely had trouble sorting out the details of crystallography and hydrogen bonds, loved it.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2025

Then come the thinkpieces — and yes, you could say this very piece you’re reading isn’t exempt from that label — and the gossipy screeds.

From Salon Oct. 29, 2025

On the sidewalk I’ll feel her girlish walk take over, and die movement brings back a kind of emotion, a desolate and gossipy sympathy for the girls I see coming home from school.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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