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we've

American  
[weev] / wiv /
  1. contraction of we have:

    We've been here for an hour.


we've British  
/ wiːv /

contraction

  1. we have

"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

Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, we’ve created a chunk of a generation that is happy only when complaining.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

“It’s been really a challenging thing to adopt both socially, ethically and legally, but we are seeing more adoption of it than we’ve ever seen before,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

"This is the first time we've put an intact Starship in the water."

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

“We think we won’t see more of a drag than we’ve already seen on the economy,” said Thomas Ryan, an economist at the research firm Capital Economics.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

As we’ve established, absolutely no wandering souls would visit Clare’s woods for the next three days.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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