they're
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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“I got the audition last year, about April,” Callan recalled, “just to recur. And I said, ‘This is silly, they’re not going to cast a Los Angeles actor to go recur in Massachusetts.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026
“They assume that rural folk are dumb. They assume that rural folk are not going to resist, and they’re wrong.”
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2026
“After divorce, they’re no longer considered to have an insurable interest.”
From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026
"Just lean into those kinds of tools because they are available and they're there to protect people".
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026
I now realize they aren’t even from my time—that’s why they’re dressed like that.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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