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[ve]
/ vɛ /
noun
Scandinavian Mythology.
've
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British
contraction
ve
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abbreviation
Usage
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"From the videos that I 've seen, it looked like kids at a snowball fight," Mamdani said.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
The “7” in the new album title stands for the seven members, the seven years they ‘ve been together. In some way that I don’t understand, it’s considered a “reboot.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
I 've witnessed a good father and husband.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2018
You 've been checked at every point you raised.
From Economist ● Nov. 27, 2012
July 15—1 've been putting off a visit to my mother.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Completing the trio of long-titled nominated movies were Ve Neill and Martin Samuel, who were nominated for their work on “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
At the Museo Jumex in Mexico City, a retrospective of his work, “Lari Pittman: Lo Que Se Ve, Se Pregunta,” will be on view through Feb. 26.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
Botham credits makeup designer Ve Neill for placing a special fastener on the back of Reubens’s neck, smoothing out extra skin and leaving less work for postproduction.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2016
As played by Eddie Marsan, he was a scourge of received wisdom and apathy who was wont to say things such as: "Ve are vinning ze battle of ze buttock."
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2012
To keep the giants at bay, Odin and Vili and Ve made a wall from Ymir's eyelashes and set it around the middle of the world.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Carbona remade BioLife into AveXis: Av for adeno-associated virus serotype 9, the engine of Kaspar’s drug; ve for vector; X for the DNA helix; and Is for Isis, the goddess of children, nature and magic.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2025
Oy ve Otesi, an NGO promoting democratic participation, said a scheme it backed to help voters get home for election day had provided 30,000 bus tickets since late April.
From Reuters ● May 14, 2023
The families of two people who died ha ve settled wrongful death lawsuits they filed.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
The webpage says that in addition to such pronouns as he/him, she/her and they, “some people prefer to use gender-neutral pronouns, such as ne, ve, ze/zie and xe.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
“I know it’s totally unoriginal but you ve never been and I love that I get to show you Paris!”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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