they're

[ thair; unstressed ther ]

1. contraction of they are.

they're

/ ðɛə; ˈðeɪə /

contraction of

1. they are

Usage Note

See contraction.

Example Sentences

"My biggest fear is if children can't access the support they need that they're then going to end up in the same position as Holly and potentially be murdered," she warned.

From BBC

He said: "You don't want young adults going into the future where they feel like these kinds of behaviours are the norm, because they're not and I feel like it's going to affect society as a whole because people will feel like they can't get into healthy relationships."

From BBC

"We need to know how they're moving and where they're going to end up to really see their impact in the environment," said Tyler Fouty, first author on the paper, who recently received his Ph.D. at WSU and is now a water resource engineer at Jacobs.

From Science Daily

"While it's very difficult for someone to master a certain task, it's not that hard for someone to judge whether or not they're getting better at it," Chen said.

From Science Daily

“They’re always, you could argue, one of the toughest, if not the toughest position to recruit,” Riley said.

From Los Angeles Times