Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Contraction of they are.
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- phrase
they are
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Examples
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They look dirty, irrespective of the label they're wearing, adds Mr. Ross, Vogue's first male editor in the 1960s.
Dress Like an Icon Steve Garbarino 2011
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Authors dread the not-uncommon one-star reviews given by those who've never read a page of the title they're slamming, reviews based solely on the fact that they consider the price too high.
Randy Susan Meyers: The (Low) Cost of Reading Randy Susan Meyers 2011
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The publicists and marketing folks are telling you to calm down but you can't hear a word they're saying.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Christopher Herz 2011
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The population is shrinking, and in the long term they're committing slow suicide.
Japan Will Rebuild From Quake But Faces Other Daunting Tests John Bussey 2011
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Sporting Kansas City, which recently underwent a total brand redefinition that started with a new name they're the former Wizards, is hoping to capitalize on the buzz created by the connection to Livestrong.
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All of these things are the recipe for financial sponsors to look at this because in the longer term they're still doing well.
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EST Market cycles have their own ups and downs depending on which year of a U.S. president's term they're in, MarketWatch's Mark Hulbert says.
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Sporting Kansas City, which recently underwent a total brand redefinition that started with a new name they're the former Wizards, is hoping to capitalize on the buzz created by the connection to Livestrong.
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In short, they're making a convincing case that Spain has the best collection of young talent on the planet.
Young Matadors on the March Jonathan Clegg 2011
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Their tweets tend to reflect their public personas, which is to say they're often bland and unrevealing.
Baseball? Let's Talk Star Wars Brian Costa 2011
gangerh commented on the word they're
As in
'I think they're for 1am'
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January 30, 2008