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who'd

American  
[hood] / hud /
  1. contraction of who would:

    Who'd have thought it!


who'd British  
/ huːd /

contraction

  1. who had or who would

"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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It began with a geriatric black-Lab mix who’d been picked up as a stray and locked in a cage at the South Los Angeles animal shelter.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

She had recognized the name of a woman who’d just opened her own private school in the fall of 2025: Tara Salute.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

We met people who'd flown into other airports too.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

The same study, a Greenwald Research survey of 2,210 adults ages 45 to 79 who’d each saved at least $100,000, put numbers to the rest of it.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

That was Julia, one of the few people who’d known Rachel as long as me.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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