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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Authorities were immediately suspicious, their doubts confirmed by doctors who examined Parker and discovered that the blood wasn’t hers and that she hadn’t given birth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
In even as short a lifetime as hers, the author writes, it is “like a memory kaleidoscope, shifting and revealing.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
This year she would have thought the title was hers too.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
One time, when my Aunt Sue came to visit from Baltimore, she made hers with a jar of mushroom-flavored Prego, and I thought that upgrade was as divine as Bette Midler.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
I wanted to say that no one’s tongue was as sharp as hers.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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