didn't
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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Ipidea didn’t respond to requests for comment for this article.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
“We’ll go and watch the film and figure the rest of it out, but I didn’t think it was a bad day.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
He defended this and other decisions and stood up to criticism in a way that Ms. Bondi didn’t with the Epstein files.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Most stocks started in the red after President Donald Trump’s Wednesday address, which didn’t offer much new detail on the fighting in Iran.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
“I told you to just leave them, that I’d deal with them later, but you didn’t listen to me.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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