How to Use word on the street in a Sentence

word on the street

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• Some found out while checking the mail and others found out from word on the street.
  — The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
• Of course, much of this will not be public information, but the word on the street is very powerful.
  — Ryan Weissmueller, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• The word on the street — actually, on social media — is that Mike Tyson may get in the ring with Evander Holyfield for a third time.
  — Tim Dahlberg, Star Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021
• The word on the street is now that Senator Chuck Schumer is working on a legislative framework and is circulating that around.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Aug. 2023
• The word on the street, or at least in the yachting community, is that the hardy-looking vessel was commissioned by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
• The word on the street is that venture capital firms are looking for a two-year runway, a difficult measure to assess in times of extreme uncertainty.
  — Eric M. Stone, STAT, 5 June 2020
• Although it wasn’t expected at the 2023 Wanderlust event, the Cupertino company has yet to drop the next roster of iPads, but word on the street is there won’t be any new tablet releases from them until next year.
  — Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 28 Sep. 2023
• Soon after the Russian occupation, word on the street was that the mayor began stealing humanitarian aid and selling it on the black market.
  — David Phinney, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
• The mission of Operation Heatwave was to use crime data and word on the street not just to identify trouble spots but also to pinpoint residents at particular risk of engaging in gun violence.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2023