the scoop
noun
US, informal
: information about something that is currently important or happening or that is interesting to many people
Did you talk to him? What's the scoop?
She always knows the scoop on fashions.
Here's the scoop on how to clean leather.
I was with them when it happened, so I've got the inside scoop.
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Its crisscross back straps are adjustable, and the scoop back offers plenty of coverage.
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Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 18 June 2026
Got the scoop on a petty feud that’s going to somehow fundamentally reshape the entire field of frontier AI development?
—Tina Nguyen, The Verge, 17 June 2026
In a guest spot on the Roommates Show with Jalen Brunson & Josh Hart last year, Knicks fan Ben Stiller got the scoop about the NBA star’s relationship with Hargitay.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Maybe this is the scoop, the secret to his untrammelled success?
—James Wallace, New York Times, 22 May 2026
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Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 18 June 2026
Got the scoop on a petty feud that’s going to somehow fundamentally reshape the entire field of frontier AI development?
—Tina Nguyen, The Verge, 17 June 2026
In a guest spot on the Roommates Show with Jalen Brunson & Josh Hart last year, Knicks fan Ben Stiller got the scoop about the NBA star’s relationship with Hargitay.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Maybe this is the scoop, the secret to his untrammelled success?
—James Wallace, New York Times, 22 May 2026
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“The scoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20scoop. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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