didn't
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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"I didn't get much sleep last night, I was up until 2am just thinking about it," Joint said in her on-court interview.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
One of the faces looked very similar, but when she looked more closely, the toenail polish didn't match.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
Sylvie Andrews and her partner didn’t just lose the new house they’d helped build when the Eaton Fire ripped through Altadena, California, in January 2025.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026
Two in 10 parents didn’t know about the new accounts and 27% said they didn’t plan to open one, according to a BabyCenter poll, while 54% planned to get an account.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
“And even after I did get in, I would have nightmares where it was all a big mistake, and I didn’t really make it in.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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