'tis
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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But ’tis the holiday season, and our subject is the future of movie theaters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
While the holidays are still several weeks away, ’tis the season for year-end tax planning.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
As Caesar continued in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, “So in the world; ’tis furnish’d well with men, and men are flesh and blood.”
From Scientific American ● Aug. 25, 2023
Still, ’tis the season to bring outdoor freshness in with holiday greenery such as wreaths, garlands and centerpieces.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
The telescreen—perhaps to celebrate the victory, perhaps to drown the memory of the lost chocolate—crashed into “Oceania, ’tis for thee.”
From "1984" by George Orwell
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