where've
AmericanUsage
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Example Sentences
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A reply quickly follows by voicenote: "Girl, where've you been? We've had one every day for the past two weeks."
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2024
"He's worried about losing the internal-combustion auto jobs — dude, where've you been?"
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2022
Garban read the grand jury report after the meeting and regretted not reading it sooner: “It was like, ‘Oh my God, Steve, where’ve you been?’
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2012
Green is made of yellow and blue, nothing else, but when you look at green, where’ve the yellow and the blue gone?
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Susan, you little turkey-buzzard—" It was the old Peter!— "where've you been all evening?
From Saturday's Child by Norris, Kathleen Thompson
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