wouldn't
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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The worker said he "probably wouldn't have minded" being filmed, but that he would like to have been asked before the recording began.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
I hadn’t seen my heavy checked bag since Framingham and wouldn’t until I landed in Phoenix, a treat for sure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
“The fundamentals wouldn’t necessarily say there’s a significant issue here,” he said, adding that this is why the company views its capping mechanism as “a feature and not a flaw of the structure.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
The alternative is to look at their own reflections — and they wouldn’t like what they would see.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026
Then Lloyd said, “We could pick all one color. Then they wouldn’t clash.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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