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hearsay

[heer-sey] / ˈhɪərˌseɪ /


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Adams' lawyers have claimed the case is built on "an assortment of hearsay evidence".

From BBC • Mar. 10, 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

At the start of the war, we knew we had to document very carefully what was happening, because without that, everything would be hearsay and speculation.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2025

I proceeded to ask him if he knew the fastest way to Bonthe, an island in the south of Sierra Leone and one of the safest places at that time, according to hearsay.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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