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let's

American  
[lets] / lɛts /
  1. contraction of let us.


LETS 1 British  
/ lɛts /

acronym

  1. Local Exchange and Trading System: an economic system in which members of a community exchange goods and services using a cashless local currency

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let's 2 British  
/ lɛts /

contraction

  1. let us: used to express a suggestion, command, etc, by the speaker to himself and his hearers

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Usage

See contraction, let 1.

Example Sentences

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"I wonder if there's something wired in us where we go, ‘let's find the problem, let's find a threat and then we'll negate the threat’."

From BBC

“I think we’ve had productive conversations with him, so we’re going to give him his space, right, to let’s call it, recover, rejuvenate and then determine, ‘Hey, do we want to get back on this horse again.’”

From Los Angeles Times

“At this point, I think the first part of the equation is a simple, ‘Hey, I want to be back, and let’s go.

From Los Angeles Times

Let’s go chase, grab and earn those special moments together,’ and then we’ll go from there,” Snead said.

From Los Angeles Times

But before we dive into its valuation, let’s be clear about the fact that the stock could trade terribly in the near term.

From Barron's