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  there there

  noun

  evidence or substance supporting a claim or allegation, proposal, promise, etc. (usually used with a negative or any).
• there, there
  there, there

  interjection

  (used to comfort, reassure, or calm someone who is upset, frightened, or anxious).

there there

¹ American  

[thair thair] / ˈðɛər ˌðɛər /

noun

1. evidence or substance supporting a claim or allegation, proposal, promise, etc. (usually used with a negative or any).

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there, there ² American  

[thair thair] / ˈðɛər ˈðɛər /

interjection

1. (used to comfort, reassure, or calm someone who is upset, frightened, or anxious).

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Example Sentences

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there there there, there

“If a fire spread rapidly there, there didn’t appear to be a clear escape route.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Once we got there, there was a group from Russia, from Italy, several different countries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

"Of course Gaza is dearer than here, but there, there is no home left, nothing."

From Barron's ● May 9, 2026

“In the next eight weeks or so, I think we’ll have a pretty good sense of, is there a there there on tax,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

Once there, there was no turning back; once there, the soul remembered, though the heart sometimes forgot.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

By Monday, there was, as Gertrude Stein would put it, no there there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

"Of course Gaza is dearer than here, but there, there is no home left, nothing."

From Barron's ● May 9, 2026

And when I was there, there was someone dressed in old-timey garb playing a banjo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

“In the next eight weeks or so, I think we’ll have a pretty good sense of, is there a there there on tax,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

That last night when I went down there, there was somebody in the alley when I was going home.”

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder