wasn't
Americancontraction
Pronunciation
See isn't.
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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With millions of dollars at stake, it wasn’t Polymarket that decided who was right.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Alana H., who asked not to use her last name, said she wasn’t even bothering to vote.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
"I was thinking I wasn't going to see my family again, if I died, and that was the main worry for me", he says.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
At the outset, it wasn’t a sure bet the president’s library would be established here in the Windy City—even if the South Side was always the obvious location.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
It wasn’t just that she didn’t want to—it was that she couldn’t.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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