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hearsay

[heer-sey] / ˈhɪərˌseɪ /


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Whether the episode amounted to anything beyond hearsay amid the ubiquitous sense of mass confusion and despair remains a question mark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

His defence team countered that Duterte had murdered no one and that the prosecution's argument was based on "hearsay" and "conjecture", falling far short of the bar needed to confirm the charges against him.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

It will be fueled by correspondence, hearsay and accusations of the type that only law enforcement can compel and collect, and that are as a result usually kept private absent formal legal proceedings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

There is no judge present, and all kinds of material forbidden at trial—including hearsay and illegally obtained evidence—may be presented.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2025

As White strove to be a modern evidence man, he had to learn many new techniques, but the most useful one was timeless: coldly, methodically separating hearsay from facts that he could prove.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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