where's
American-
contraction of where is:
Where's my belt?
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contraction of where has: Where's he been all night?
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contraction of where does:
Where's he study law?
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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Dahlia Lithwick: If you put “American politics as usual” in some imaginary halcyon past at 1 and Watergate at 10, where’s this slush fund scandal registering for you?
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
When the helmsman said that it didn’t, Pericles asked, “so, where’s the difference between this and the eclipse, except that something bigger than my cape has blotted out the sun?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
It gives you something to keep going forward, to continue to think, “OK, like, where’s another solution from here? What else can I do here?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
If that accounts for the “cyber” aspect of our cyberpunk dystopia, where’s the punk?
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
“Since you and Aunt Pam are here, where’s DeVante?”
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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