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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

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Singer Rose says her honest outpourings aren't just limited to her songwriting, and she is "someone who's very myself online".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Or who’s getting in a serious relationship, whatever.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Meanwhile, some contracts involving those vessels — whether charter contracts or schedule adjustments — may need to be renegotiated given that circumstances have changed, said Pribyl, who’s also a former U.S.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

Haaland, who’s added Braut, his mother’s maiden name, to his national jersey, plays like Rob Gronkowski, had Rob Gronkowski been raised playing football in Scandinavia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

How can someone who’s doing so much good for the world also be doing things that are so bad?

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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