there's
American-
contraction of there is:
There's the hotel we were looking for.
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contraction of there has: There's been entirely too much said on the subject.
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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At last there’s an explanation for recent survey results.
There’s a constant flow of rationales and when one is knocked down, something else comes in to take its place.
From Slate
“The conflict between the U.S. and Iran is certainly a difficult one to understand and try to determine what comes next, but a lot of investors have lived through this throughout their lifetimes and realized there’s no benefit to overreacting, so that’s caused them to tune out a bit on Monday,” said Chris Maxey, chief market strategist at Wealthspire Advisors, during an interview with MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch
“The other thing is, there’s, there’s a lot to defend.”
"We have not seen any specific intelligence, so I don't think there's any credible claim that there was an imminent threat coming from Iran, which is not to say Iran isn't a problem," he added.
From BBC
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