how do
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of how do
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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“How do I get something from one place to another? How much stuff do I have in either place? What do I need to move efficiently forward? What supplies might I need for a certain mission? How do I take all these different papers that have been written about what I’m going to do and make it in a consistent, summarized document?”
How do you and your partner share visibility into the family finances?
How do I approach this and express my concerns without adding to the problems?
From MarketWatch
“How do you do it?” the astonished reporter asked.
From Literature
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“So it was about: How do we take that internal voice and translate it to the screen? One of the ways was her direct address, but we wanted to twist what that device usually does for an audience. In most direct addresses, the actor tells you the truth about what’s really going on.”
From Los Angeles Times
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