bruits (about)

verb

present tense third-person singular of bruit (about)
as in rumors
to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy please don't bruit accusations about without confirming them first

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruits (about)
  1. rumors
  2. whispers
  3. reveals
  4. implies
Verb
  • The gossip site also said on Monday that rumors that the note said the missing woman was dead are inaccurate.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
  • Throughout March, rumors that co-stars Amanda Batula and West Wilson were in a relationship began swirling in the Bravosphere, though both denied such claims.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Definition of rumors
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  • In one segment, Daeron quietly whispers for a young cupbearer to exit the room before violence erupts from the lord.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
  • This week's quiz highlights cruise controversies, wedding whispers — and much more.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026
Definition of whispers
Verb
  • Bone must be separated from surrounding rock millimeter by millimeter with a pneumatic chisel, whose needle gently breaks away rock while ultraviolet light reveals where the bone ends and the surrounding rock begins.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • That gap reveals that a lot of capital gets routed through low-tax jurisdictions before landing in its true home.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
Definition of reveals
Verb
  • His $72 dollar target on TeraWulf implies a tripling from here.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • The correlation implies that if the cost of AI falls, so does the value of equity in the companies that supply computing power for those AI models—presumably because lower compute revenues mean lower earnings per share.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Definition of implies
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