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hadn't

American  
[had-nt] / ˈhæd nt /
  1. contraction of had not.


hadn't British  
/ ˈhædənt /

contraction

  1. had not

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“And then this came and it was something even bigger and in a space that we hadn’t got to see ourselves in, which was big epic fantasy,” she said.

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After Muriel Humphrey agreed to finish her late husband’s Senate term, she told reporters that she and Hubert hadn’t “had any real differences” on political issues.

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But Kennedy told The Times he felt the same effort hadn’t been made by Bohn’s successor, Jennifer Cohen.

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I noticed then she hadn’t drunk anything again from her glass of water, and scolded her gently, which she was quite used to by now.

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