Definition of "rumored" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of rumor. (verb)
• Widely reported without strong evidence. (adjective)

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• "''Having your name rumored for the No. 2 position in the country is very flattering,'' said Timothy Walch, editor of At the President's Side: The Vice Presidency in the Twentieth Century."
• "X2 has announced the iTablet, a name rumored for Apple's iPad prior to Steve Jobs unveiling the tablet late last month."
• "Booker T: The Booker T negotiations were said to have fallen through, and like Umaga, he was a name rumored to be making his return at the Rumble."