How to Use word on the street in a Sentence
word on the street
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And word on the street is some of those sites have already been scouted again.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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While nothing substantial has been confirmed, word on the street is Toyota will produce its replacement in its own factories.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Deadline talked to Bryant for the latest word on the street on her friendship with Karen Huger and her new dating reality series.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Now word on the street has it the A-list actress might be dipping her toes back into the real estate waters, this time with a decadent Hollywood Regency-style spread in the prime lower Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025
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Another version of Hôtel Balzac occupied this space before the current one, but word on the street is that the former venue—with heavy curtains, decadent fleur-de-lis bed spreads, and a real King Louis XIV aesthetic—was due for a makeover.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
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