"Or so __ say" (4)

I believe the answer is:

they

(Other definitions for they that I've seen before include "Do -- Know It's Christmas (Band Aid)" , "Pronoun for more than one" , "People in general" , "Pronoun for people" , "Those people (vb. subject)" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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