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they'd

[theyd]

  1. contraction of they had.

  2. contraction of they would.



they'd

/ ðeɪd /

contraction

  1. they would or they had

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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“This is something inside Congress, they’d better wake up, because they are going to get a lot of people retiring, and they’ve got to focus.”

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"They realised they'd dealt with him before," she said.

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Ms Javadli was speaking from her house in Dubai, where she claims that she and her three daughters have essentially once again been isolated since she took them back with her after they'd been with their father for several weeks.

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“They’d rather rent out their home than sell for a low price, and people who don’t need to move now are opting to stay put and re-list in a year or two.”

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Three camera operators passed a lightweight Ronin 4D rig among themselves as the singer moved from set piece to set piece, and not always as smoothly as they’d hoped.

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