- possessive of she.
pronoun
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something or someone belonging to or associated with her
hers is the nicest dress
that cat is hers
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belonging to or associated with her
Etymology
Origin of hers
1300–50; Middle English hirs, equivalent to hire her + -s 's 1
Example Sentences
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She had a way of doing that that was distinctly hers, but it echoes in the women and also the men who raised me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
She said she worked on it for 20 years and paid rent to him under the impression the family farm would one day become hers.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
When we met, we both had good jobs — mine in technology and hers in marketing — and for the first few years of our marriage we earned about the same.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
As university courses go it may raise a few eyebrows, but Destiny McGowan has no doubt that hers was very useful.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Before I can stop myself, I get out of my bed and go over to hers.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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