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hearsay

[heer-sey] / ˈhɪərˌseɪ /


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Hearsay allows financial services and insurance companies to use social media and text messaging in a way that complies with industry regulations.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Hearsay can be useful, helping to catch disease outbreaks.

From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2020

"Hearsay puts a lot of people in jail," one Democratic source told Fox News.

From Fox News • Nov. 12, 2019

Hearsay accounts that I furtively asked others about her life away from the office are simply untrue.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2018

Hearsay had it that he was close-pressed by the spies of the Holy Office, and perhaps for this reason he remained withdrawn in the Duke's private apartments and rarely showed himself abroad.

From The Valley of Decision by Wharton, Edith




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