they've
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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Still, he says that when there are power cuts, he thinks: "'They've come in,' 'They're going to come in.'"
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
Brenton Wood says of local Latinos, ‘They’ve kind of picked me out of the whole batch.’
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2025
He said there was a real incident at that point, and I think, in his mind, he said, ‘They’ve got to take it down.’
From Washington Post • May 5, 2019
‘They've found it on their mailboxes, on their cars... So we don't know if someone is just playing a prank or if someone just had a lot of leftovers,’ Lewis joked.”
From Fox News • Apr. 15, 2019
‘They’ve caught one of their own men selling a musket to a farmer.’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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