where's
American-
contraction of where is:
Where's my belt?
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contraction of where has: Where's he been all night?
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contraction of where does:
Where's he study law?
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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They say, ‘Where’s your cancer gone?’
From Los Angeles Times
"Snoop Dogg, what's the score?" sang Preston's travelling contingent, before later chanting: "Where's your towel gone?"
From BBC
It gives you something to keep going forward, to continue to think, “OK, like, where’s another solution from here? What else can I do here?”
From Los Angeles Times
He explained that to younger people like his students, collecting and renting DVDs is a way “to be able to slow down and get off this hedonic treadmill of ‘where’s my next stimulus coming from.’”
From Los Angeles Times
If that accounts for the “cyber” aspect of our cyberpunk dystopia, where’s the punk?
From Salon
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