hearsay
Example Sentences
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He dismissed statements from prosecution witnesses as "assumption layered upon hearsay" and urged the judging panel to give them "negligible evidentiary weight".
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 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
Dar es Salaam's police chief denied the allegations, saying they were "opinions" and "hearsay".
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025
Certainly they would not have wanted Gregor to starve to death, but perhaps they could not have endured finding out what he ate other than by hearsay.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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