- possessive of she.
pronoun
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something or someone belonging to or associated with her
hers is the nicest dress
that cat is hers
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belonging to or associated with her
Etymology
Origin of hers
1300–50; Middle English hirs, equivalent to hire her + -s 's 1
Example Sentences
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Puerto’s essay also reflects the complexity of an experience like hers.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
The job became a mismatch with her rapid rise, and while she was still booking the travel arrangements for her boss, she had a publicist who was booking hers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
That doesn’t reassure me, because it would mean mom’s asset had become hers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Her friend and posthumous editor, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, recalled that hers seemed a “poetry torn up by the roots.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
This opened the floodgates, and soon, every classmate of hers was clapping.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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