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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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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

Djokovic sounded pretty philosophical for someone who’d just been chased off the court.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Also a no-brainer for Nolan was his choice of Matt Damon, who’d had a key role in “Interstellar” and was hard-nosed master builder Gen. Leslie Groves in “Oppenheimer,” to play Odysseus.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

In the spring she was a skinny little thing who’d jump in puddles.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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