you've
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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"And if they both went off together, then you've got potentially San Francisco. Portland, Seattle and Vancouver all in an emergency situation in a compressed timeframe."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
In that line of work, you’ve got to get some stuffy studio executives to write a check for $50,000,000 in order to bring a story to life that someone might ruin with a poor director.”
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
"You go out of our shop and people think you have purchased something, but in fact you've just used our baby bank," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
WSJ: Say you’re up for changing, but you’ve got a manager who seems stuck in the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
“May I ask what’s got you so busy that you’ve fallen behind on your schoolwork?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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