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who's

American  
[hooz] / huz /
  1. contraction of who is:

    Who's there?

  2. contraction of who has:

    Who's seen it?


who's British  
/ huːz /

contraction

  1. who is

"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

Example Sentences

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McNeal, who’s on the Yard with me today, had a limited POV of his own climb: “I ran up. I was on the base. I was there for all hour-and-forty-four minutes that we were there.”

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026

And, to his left, Alexi Lalas, the red-maned former U.S. men’s national team player who’s forever stirred a Cosell-style fury among critics and fans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

“The smartest people in the world know who’s going to win in AI, so you have to pay attention,” Melius analyst Ben Reitzes told Barron’s on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

I do think that a lot of these AI companies benefit from this dichotomy, but you’re saying that it’s not immoral to use AI, it’s a question of who’s using it, right?

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

“I know we haven’t been watching TV, but guess who’s dominating the news cycle?”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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