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
• The new season will premiere Oct. 2, and word on the street is that the cast visits local spots like Urban Roast.
  — Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 5 Sep. 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
• And word on the street is that the Irish bartending communities have embraced this potent liquor with open arms, with bottles of poitín lining the shelves and delicious cocktails with poitín bases on their menus.
  — Yolanda Evans, Forbes, 17 Sep. 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
• And word on the street is some of those sites have already been scouted again.
  — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025