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that's right

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  1. Yes; that's correct; I agree. For example, Are you leaving early?—That's right, I have to go now, or So you were classmates?—That's right. [c. 1900]


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“They focus on the castle that’s right in front of them and forget that it’s going to come around again.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Oldfield says: "How do we shore the business up into a place that's right for them to come into without saddling them with a lot of debt?"

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Oh, that’s right, A24 just took $75 million of Google money to fund AI development.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

“I’m not saying that’s right or wrong. That’s just what I’ve been seeing in the past couple of days.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Kenny, Byron said you’re feeling much better now, if that’s right come on out, I gotta go to the bathroom real bad!”

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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