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Definition

A process in which a group or network of persons originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims.

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In Context

  • "For months the Washington rumor mill has ground out gossip about who might replace U.S. Ambassador Frederick E. Nolting Jr."
  • "Unofficial results instead traveled through the rumor mill, passed along on mobile phones from one part of the country to another."
  • "The rumour mill is also abuzz with chat that Alessandro Michele, who parted with Gucci last year, is to make a return to the fashion frontline."
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Also Said As

  • gossip mill