what'd
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Example Sentences
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“Wait, what’d you say?,” the Grammy-nominated musician asks, according to the video.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
When people ask you where you from, what'd you say?
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024
“It’s just like … what’d I do to y’all?” he said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022
“Casio, how did we talk about today’s protest, what’d we say?”
From New York Times • May 14, 2022
“So what’d this crud job pay? Ten bucks an hour? Fifteen?”
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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