second-hand information
Example Sentences
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He said he has only heard second-hand information about the closing.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023
A first-year teacher may view unions with suspicion based on second-hand information but change his mind after reading newsletters and attending union meetings.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
The whistleblower acknowledged in its complaint, though, that this was based on second-hand information.
From Fox News • Sep. 27, 2019
“It’s like the difference between being on top of Mount Everest, and hearing a story about it,” he wrote of the second-hand information priests have about the lives of their flock.
From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2018
Who has not sat chafing in silence while Mediocrity, in a white waistcoat and jangling fobs, occupied the after-dinner hour in imparting second-hand information as his personal views on literature and art?
From Worldly Ways and Byways by Gregory, Eliot
