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its
1[ its ]
pronoun
- the possessive form of it 1 (used as an attributive adjective):
The book has lost its jacket. I'm sorry about its being so late.
it's
2[ its ]
- contraction of it is:
It's starting to rain.
- contraction of it has: It's been a long time.
its
1/ ɪts /
determiner
- of, belonging to, or associated in some way with it
its left rear wheel
- ( as pronoun )
each town claims its is the best
it's
2/ ɪts /
contraction of
- it is or it has
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Example Sentences
Many people have already written off ‘American Idol’ as a past-its-prime reality TV corpse.
The late-in-its-run success of Breaking Bad is the perfect example of that.
One young woman had affixed Post-its to the wall reading “Welcome Home Annie!”
Over dessert, we look through the Post-Its full of squiggly pictures.
When Demi Moore was hospitalized last year, friends told TMZ she had seizure-like symptoms brought on by doing whip-its.
Jack probably learned more about the Bible during that trip-its history and its heroes-than during all his former years.
The world had nothing more to give him now except that which he had already long possessed-its honor and its love.
Didn't Wolfe say that he would rather have written what's-its-name than taken Quebec?
My heart just sank like a lump of what's-its-name, but my whole soul went out in sympathy for her.
Then Billings, who was already gasping like a jolly what's-its-name, dropped upon the arm of the chair and held his side.
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