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doesn't
[ duhz-uhnt ]
/ ˈdʌz ənt /
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How to use doesn't in a sentence
"T-t-that's very d-d-different, if it d-d-doesn't c-c-cost m-m-more," said Grandet.
Eugenie Grandet|Honore de Balzac