yep
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of yep
First recorded in 1830–40; see origin at yup
Example Sentences
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Yep, old-fashioned PBX boards picking up long-distance calls, coin-box calls, person-to-person.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Yep, that's right: this year's dark horses are... the champions of Italy.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025
Yep, it’s on, can we turn it down actually?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2025
Yep, though it took Musk a year after he first expressed the idea in public.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2024
Yep, we were, like, ten feet off the ground, but I was still able to reach out and steal the ball from Rowdy.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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