rumor
noun
a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts.
rumors
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pluralof rumor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There were rumors immediately that a news chopper had crashed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
When the district announced the ban on Facebook last month, there were rumors of a student revolt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
People are smashing Flock cameras on the street, renaming the A.I.-powered Meta Ray-Bans as “pervert glasses,” and starting widespread rumors about who is secretly using your data to train their A.I. models.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Only weeks later, the administration announced a large influx of unusually cheap imported ground beef before publicly identifying all of its sources, leaving enough of an informational vacuum for unsupported horse-meat rumors to flourish online.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Penkovsky also gave the CIA and MI6 a wealth of information about the Soviet leadership, including both rumors and concrete information about political squabbles inside the Kremlin and the Soviet military hierarchy.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
